Books on Economics, Business and Management - Financial Institutions and Services Books

Prompt Corrective Action in Banking: 10 Years later - book by Kaufman, G.G.

DESCRIPTION: In December 1991, the U.S. Congress enacted and President George Bush signed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA). The Act was motivated by the severity of the U.S. banking and thrift crisis of the 1980s and represented the most important banking legislatio... view more info and the price of this book.

Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research : Volume I - book by Rhee, S.G.;Chang, R.P.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains all keynote addresses, invited papers and those manuscripts selected for research awards from the first conference which was held in March 1989, Tapei, Republic of China.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Keynote Addresses. Financial Liberalization in the Republic of China (C.-C... view more info and the price of this book.

Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research : Volume II - book by Rhee, S.G.;Chang, R.P.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of papers from the second Conference held in June 4-6, 1990, Bangkok, Thailand, consists of keynote addresses, competitive research award papers, invited and selected papers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Keynote Addresses. Incentive Conflict in the International Regulatory Agreement... view more info and the price of this book.

Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research : Volume III - book by Rhee, S.G.;Chang, R.P.

DESCRIPTION: For the last three years the Center for Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research at The University of Rhode Island has organized an international forum to effectively address and resolve many issues relevant to the capital markets of Pacific-Basin countries. These Annual Pacific-Basin Fin... view more info and the price of this book.

Bank Problems: A Global Perspective - book by Kaufman, G.G.

DESCRIPTION: The papers in this volume were presented at three invited sessions at the annual meetings of the Western Economic Association in San Diego, California on July 8-10, 1999. The comments by delegates were also presented at that time and are included in the volume. The theme of the sessio... view more info and the price of this book.

Derivatives, Regulation and Banking - book by Schachter, B.

DESCRIPTION: This volume provides high quality academic research on the ongoing, and sometimes heated, public policy debate over the benefits of bank derivatives and trading activities. This debate is centered on the potential adverse systemic effects of these activities. To date, relatively little ... view more info and the price of this book.

Handbook of Heavy Tailed Distributions in Finance - book by Rachev, S.T

DESCRIPTION: The Handbooks in Finance are intended to be a definitive source for comprehensive and accessible information in the field of finance. Each individual volume in the series should present an accurate self-contained survey of a sub-field of finance, suitable for use by finance and economic... view more info and the price of this book.

The Quest for Exchange Rate Stability in the Next Millennium : Volume 13 - book by Rehman, S.S.

DESCRIPTION: This book contains a collection of chapters discussing the issues involved in establishing a stable global exchange rate system. In doing so, the authors review the advantages and disadvantages of the various exchange rate regimes used throughout the world during the last fifty years, a... view more info and the price of this book.

European Monetary Union Banking Issues: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - book by Finel-Honigman, I.

DESCRIPTION: The EMU and the Euro are transforming European banking institutions, regulations, performance, and bank-state relationships. This book analyzes these dynamic challenges and processes. It presents contemporary and historical perspectives to guide an informed understanding of European ban... view more info and the price of this book.

Asian Financial Crisis - book by Choi, J. Jay

DESCRIPTION: This edited volume is a collection of original theoretical, empirical, institutional or policy-oriented articles on all dimensions of the Asian financial crisis. A unique feature of this book is its multi-faceted, yet in-depth articles on various dimensions of the Asian financial crisis... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Banking and Finance, Volume 1 - book by Hasan, I.;Hunter, W.C.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains a broad range of papers examining contemporary managerial and public policy issues in finance and banking. Special emphasis is given to financial institutions, instruments, and markets. The volume includes papers examining prudential regulations and competition am... view more info and the price of this book.

Bank Fragility and Regulation: Evidence from Different Countries - book by Kaufman, G.G.

DESCRIPTION: This volume focuses on current problems in banking that have the potential not only for disrupting the smooth provision of banking and other financial services, but also for adversely affecting domestic and even international macroeconomic activity. Because serious banking problems hav... view more info and the price of this book.

Applied Financial Econometrics in E-Commerce, 258 - book by Islam, S.M.N.;Oh, K.B.

DESCRIPTION: This book Applied Financial Econometrics in E-Commerce is concerned with the investigation of the contemporary financial issues of the e-commerce market. We hypothesise that new economic issues regarding e-commerce are emerging and have wide macroeconomics, e-commerce equity market and ... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Finance, Volume, 21 - book by Chen, A.H.

DESCRIPTION: A total of eleven papers in this volume represent recent research on important topics in finance. The contributions include analyses of issues relating to asset prices, the behavior of stock returns, and capital-raising activities. Hodges, et al. employ stochastic dominance arguments to... view more info and the price of this book.

Latin American Financial Markets: Developments in Financial Innovations, 5 - book by Arbelaez, H.;Click, R.W.

DESCRIPTION: This book is a collection of 21 original papers on Latin American finance by prominent researchers in and out of the region. This is an attempt to bring them together under the same umbrella so that the commonality and peculiarity of Latin finance can be more easily discerned across di... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Banking and Finance, Volume 2 - book by Hasan, I.;Hunter, W.

DESCRIPTION: The second volume of the series contains a combination of theoretical and empirical studies of issues in financial economics, investments, and banking authored by leading researchers in the U.S. and Europe. Specific topics examined include asset pricing, corporate governance, dividend ... view more info and the price of this book.

Asset Price Bubbles: Implications For Monetary and Regulatory Policies - book by Kaufman, G.G

DESCRIPTION: Asset price bubbles have been and continue to be an area of major public policy concern in many countries. But while we know that the bursting of such bubbles is exceedingly painful and destructive to the economy, little is known of their causes. Indeed, there is little agreement even... view more info and the price of this book.

Corporate Finance, Governance and Business Cycles - book by Krainer, R.

DESCRIPTION: Corporate Finance, Governance, and Business Cycles describes a model of how a financial system coordinates and shapes certain stylised facts of business cycles. The model is based on a conflict of interest between more risk averse bondholders, and less risk averse stockholders whose ris... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Volume 11 - book by Lee, C.-F.

DESCRIPTION: There are ten papers in this volume. They are: 1. An Empirical Examination of The Intraday Return Volatility Process. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the distributional and time-series properties of intraday returns. The purpose is to determine whether a GARCH model tha... view more info and the price of this book.

Corporate Governance and Finance - book by Hirschey, M.;John, K.;Makhija, A.

DESCRIPTION: Papers in this volume focus upon corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps the corporation effectively manage, administer and direct economic resources. Questions of what and how to produce become equally important as organizations strive to better serve... view more info and the price of this book.

Research in Finance, Volume 20 - book by Chen, A.H.

DESCRIPTION: Eleven papers in this volume present some current interesting and important research in finance. Based upon the CAPM, Chen and Kane show that double taxation and differential tax rates on a personal and capital-gains income, affect corporate stock values and financial policies in nonneu... view more info and the price of this book.

Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy, 21 - book by Zarembka, P.;Soederberg, S.

DESCRIPTION: This volume of Research in Political Economy sets out to explore three key themes pertinent to the critique of political economy: (1) the disciplinary role of capital under neoliberalism, (2) accumulation and finance, and (3) the life and theories of Rosa Luxemburg. While the sections f... view more info and the price of this book.

Monetary Integration, Markets and Regulation, 4 - book by Bagella, M.;Becchetti, L.;Hasan, I.;Hunter, W.C.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains contempory analysis of three key developments in financial economics: financial integration; the dynamics of financial markets; and the information, computer, and technology revolution and its impact on markets and the economic performance, among others. With regard... view more info and the price of this book.

Bank and Financial Market Efficiency: Global Perspectives, 5 - book by Hasan, I.;Hunter, W.C.

DESCRIPTION: The papers in this volume empirically examine three evolving and important topics in financial economics: the determinants of monetary and bank efficiency and the key factors that contribute to successful monetary and banking operations; the institutional factors that enhance or detract... view more info and the price of this book.

The Rise and Fall of Europe's New Stock Markets, 10 - book by Giudici, G.;Roosenboom, P.

DESCRIPTION: The advent of new stock markets (the German Neuer Markt, the French Nouveau Marche, the Italian Nuovo Mercato and Nasdaq Europe) has been one of the most important reforms of stock exchanges in Continental Europe in the 1990s. These stock markets aimed at attracting early stage, innovat... view more info and the price of this book.

Corporate Governance, 9 - book by Hirschey, Mark;John, K.;Makhija, A.K.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains fourteen research papers with theoretical and empirical treatment of important financial aspects of corporate governance. The papers cover major corporate governance issues such as the role of the board of directors, ownership structure, ownership concentration, and... view more info and the price of this book.

Modelling the Riskiness in Country Risk Ratings, 273 - book by Hoti, Suhejla;McAleer, Michael

DESCRIPTION: The importance of country risk is underscored by the existence of several prominent country risk rating agencies. These agencies combine information regarding alternative measures of economic, financial and political risk into associated composite risk ratings. As the accuracy of such c... view more info and the price of this book.

Corporate Governance: A Global Perspective, 11 - book by Hirschey, Mark;John, K.;Makhija, A.K.

DESCRIPTION: Papers in this volume focus on corporate governance broadly defined as the system of control that helps corporations effectively manage, administer, and direct economic resources. Questions of what and how to produce become equally important as organizations strive to better serve deman... view more info and the price of this book.