FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD

Monetary financial institutions (‘banks’) remain the main vehicle of capital allocation and investment in:

• Bank-based financial system

• Market-based financial system

2. The UK and the US are the examples of:

• Bank-based financial system

• Market-based financial system

Vietnam is the example of:

• Bank-based financial system

• Market-based financial system

Securities markets are equally or more important than banks for transferring the necessary funding towards firms in:

• Bank-based financial system

• Market-based financial system

In market-based financial system countries, loans from financial intermediaries are as important for corporate finance as marketable securities:

• True

• False

In Germany and Japan, financing from financial intermediaries has been less than that from securities market:

• True

• False

Which group of countries below are examples of market-based financial systems?

• The UK and Denmark

• The US and Italy

• Greece and Germany

• Denmark and Spain

8. Only in Japan, retained earnings are NOT the most important source of finance:

• True

• False

Which of the following is a bank-based financial market?

• The USA

• The UK

• Germany

• Belgium

Although the individual’s participation in the stock market has been falling, it still (...) in the USA

• High

• Low

• The same