PM Press, 2010. - 144 p. In this groundbreaking study of the financial meltdown, renowned radical political economists lay bare the roots of the crisis in the inner logic of capitalism itself. Objective and detailed, this account provocatively challenges the call for a return to a largely mythical golden age of economic regulation as a check on finance capital. In addition, it...
Oxford University Press, 2005. - 328 p. This book finds serious deficiencies with the by now extensive system of committees, organizations, rules, and guidelines that have emerged to govern and manage the international financial system. Concretely, it suggests that the existing framework, based on the supervision of individual financial institutions (especially banks), fails to...
Routledge, 2022. — 211 p. This book analyzes the current debate around Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and the future of the New Global Financial System. It offers deep insight into the global monetary policy in the context of digital and cryptocurrencies and examines both the opportunities and challenges to come. The book draws a clear distinction between digital and...
Routledge, 2019. — 242 p. — ISBN: 978-0367230678, 0367230674. This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle – that people overinvest in domestic stocks relative to the theoretically optimal investment portfolio. It introduces place attachment – the bonding that occurs between individuals and their meaningful...
Springer, 2016. — 175 p. — ASIN B01J54J46M. This book brings together a good mix of academics and practitioners for a discussion that focuses on how to change financial practice and the academic field of finance in order to understand the current financial crisis and deal with future turbulent financial times. The volume is based on contributions by prominent academics and...
Egea, 2017. — 278 p. The authors explore the frontiers of the interaction between politics and markets towards the understanding of the 2008 crisis and responses to it. Questioning exogenous interpretations of the crisis from both Comparative (CPE) and International Political Economy (IPE) perspectives, the book assesses different models of interaction between domestic and...
Wiley, 2009. - 526 p. The mortgage meltdown: what went wrong and how do we fix it? Owning a home can bestow a sense of security and independence. But today, in a cruel twist, many Americans now regard their homes as a source of worry and dashed expectations. How did everything go haywire? And what can we do about it now? In The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit...
Penguin Books, 2019. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-0143134480. From the three primary architects of the American policy response to the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, a magnificent big-picture synthesis — from why it happened to where we are now In 2018, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, and Hank Paulson came together to reflect on the lessons of the 2008 financial...
Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-0881327113. In September 1985, emissaries of the world's five leading industrial nations — the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan — secretly gathered at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and unveiled an unprecedented effort to correct the largest set of current account and exchange rate...
Wiley, 2003. - 320 p. "History shows that people who save and invest grow and prosper, and the others deteriorate and collapse. As Financial Reckoning Day demonstrates, artificially low interest rates and rapid credit creation policies set by Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve caused the bubble in U.S. stocks of the late '90s...Now, policies being pursued at the Fed are...
Wiley (October 6, 2006). 379 p. Many Americans have resisted the notion that their country is an imperial power. The idea seems to contradict the values of the Republic and its Founding Fathers. But in Empire of Debt, prominent financial analysts Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin argue passionately that not only is the United States an empire, but it is also one whose end is...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. — 301 p. — ISBN: 978-1137569042. This timely reader of seminal papers published by Palgrave on behalf of Comparative Economic Studies, examines how and why foreign banks enter emerging markets and the positive benefits they bring to the host countries.
McGraw-Hill, 2012. — 273 p. Chances are you haven’t been making the best possible investing decisions. Why? Because the Wall Street machine wants it that way.Sure to be a revelation to even the savviest financial professional, Backstage Wall Street is a brutally honest look at the investment business from a veteran who’s seen it all. “Reformed” Wall Street insider, Joshua Brown...
6th Ed. — Wiley, 2016. — 554 p. — ISBN: 9781119219682 Deep coverage and rigorous examination of international corporate finance Multinational Finance offers an advanced exploration of international corporate finance concepts and operations. Despite its status as one of the most rigorous texts on the topic, this book remains accessible and readable without sacrificing depth of...
6th Ed. — Wiley, 2016. — 554 p. — ISBN: 9781119219682 Deep coverage and rigorous examination of international corporate finance Multinational Finance offers an advanced exploration of international corporate finance concepts and operations. Despite its status as one of the most rigorous texts on the topic, this book remains accessible and readable without sacrificing depth of...
Princeton University Press, 2014. — 585 p. — (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World). Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts...
Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2009, 276 p. Nearly ten years after the Asian Financial Crisis, financial turmoil has reappeared – this time it is ravaging the world’s wealthiest countries and dragging the global economy along for the ride. It forces one to reflect on the last major financial crisis to afflict the global economy, and to consider whether there are any similarities,...
Palgrave Pivot, 2018. - 127 p. - ISBN: 978-3030037086 This Palgrave Pivot aims to examine the bourgeoning relationship between the Principles for Responsible Investment and the Credit Rating Industry. Since May of 2016, when the partnership was initially publicised, the PRI have endeavoured to incorporate Credit Rating Agencies into its initiative via its ‘ESG in Credit Ratings...
Springer, 2018. — 178 p. — ISBN: 978331970269-8. This book explores the role of national fiscal policies in a selected group of Euro-area countries under the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In particular, the authors characterize the response of output to fiscal consolidations and expansions in the small Euro-area open economies affected by high public and private...
6th ed. — Pearson, 2014. — 592 p. — ISBN: 0273786040. Acclaimed for its clarity, Exchange Rates and International Finance provides an approachable guide to the causes and consequences of exchange rate fluctuations, enabling you to grasp the essentials of the theory and its relevance to these major events in currency markets. The orientation of the book remains towards exchange...
Ashgate Publishing, 2007. — 188 p. With the introduction of the euro much recent attention has been focused on the role of currencies and their national and international significance. Whilst much has been made of the euro's achievements in harmonising Europe's financial dealings, it is often forgotten that it is by no means the first pan-national currency to enter circulation....
Wiley, 2003. - 356 p. The first book to address public policy in the light of recent corporate debacles Corporate Aftershock is a reasoned, informed response to the numerous proposals to restrict derivatives, structured financing activities, and shareholder protection principles and practices following the failure of Enron and other corporations. Readers get a cogent analysis...
Bridgewater, 2018. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781732689848. "Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has...
Bridgewater, 2018. — 456 p. — ISBN: 978-1732689800. "Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has...
Bridgewater, 2018. — 456 p. — ISBN: 978-1732689800. "Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has...
Bridgewater, 2018. - 456 p. - ISBN: 978-1732689800 "Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has...
Bridgewater, 2018. — 187 p. — ISBN: 1732689806, 9781732689800. On the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, one of the world's most successful investors, Ray Dalio, shares his unique template for how debt crises work and his principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to anticipate events and navigate them well while...
Pearson, 2013. — 442 p. in color. — ISBN: 9780273774662 Global Financial Systems: Stability and Risk is an innovative textbook that explores the ‘why’ behind global financial stability, providing insightful discussions on the international financial system and the contemporary issues of today. Drawing on economic theory, finance, mathematical modeling and risk theory, this book...
FT Press, 2006. - 352 p. "Traders, Guns & Money is very fresh history, just two years old. Das picks apart the new machinery of the mega-trillion-dollar derivatives market, the one economists say might be next to collapse on our heads. And I'm with him, I really am. The guy has a thing for ridiculous puns and also for pitiable characters. We meet a couple of noodle makers who...
FT Press, 2011. — 550 p. The human race created money and finance. But our inventions re-create us. Mankind mistook money — a lubricant of society and human well-being — for an end in itself. Finance, the monetary shadow of real things, came to dominate human reality. Extreme Money tells the story of how this happened — and, in so doing, it tells the story of the modern world....
Princeton University Press, 2010. - 160 p. The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing the Banks draws critical lessons from the...
Wiley, 2006. - 384 p. Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds, offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steven Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Drobny, cofounder of...
14th Global Edition. — Pearson, 2016. — 616 p. — ASIN B01DDPVCTQ. For courses in International Finance. Authoritative, Comprehensive Coverage of Contemporary International Finance Renowned for its authoritative, comprehensive coverage of contemporary international finance, Multinational Business Finance trains the leaders of tomorrow’s multinational enterprises to recognize and...
16th Edition, Global Edition. — Pearson Education Limited, 2023. — 635 p. — ISBN: 978-1-292-44596-0. Multinational Business Finance trains the leaders of tomorrow’s multinational enterprises to recognize and capitalize on the unique characteristics of global markets. Because the job of a manager is to make financial decisions that increase a firm’s value, the authors have...
15th Edition, Global Edition. — Pearson Education Limited, 2021. — 640 p. — ISBN: 978-1-292-27008-1. Multinational Business Finance is the financial management of multinational enterprises (MNEs) — multinational financial management. MNEs are firms and organizations of all kinds and sizes — for-profit companies, family-owned businesses, sovereign states, and NGOs, among others...
Cambridge University Press, 2010. — 233 p. Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises studies the causes of the current oil and global financial crisis and shows how America's and the world's growing dependence on oil has created a repeating pattern of banking, currency, and energy-price crises. Unlike other books on the current financial crisis, which have focused on U.S. indebtedness and...
Palgrave Macmillan US, 2017 - 255 p. This book provides a uniquely comprehensive explanation of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and resulting scholarly research in the context of building an agenda for reform. With the clarity provided by almost a decade of hindsight and a careful eye toward planning for prevention, Elson guides readers through both historical fact and...
World Scientific Publishing, 2018. — 363 p. — (World Scientific Studies in International Economics: Volume 61). — ISBN: 978-981-3223-39-4. The Great Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 exposed the existence of significant imperfections in the financial regulatory framework that encouraged excessive risk-taking and increased system vulnerabilities. The resulting high cost of the...
Wiley, 2013. — 339 p. — ISBN: 9781118523896 Want to get the most out of your International Finance course? Nowadays the value of daily foreign exchange trading is more than one hundred times the value of annual international trade in goods and services. As result of the great importance of international financial transactions, the subject of international finance continues to...
The Robson Press, 2015. — 448 p. In September 2008, HBOS, with assets larger than Britain's GDP, was on the edge of bankruptcy. Its collapse would have created the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s and a major political disaster for the Labour government. HBOS was rescued by Lloyds TSB, one of the country's strongest banks, in circumstances that have since become the...
VoxEU.org, 2008. - 204 p. Global financial markets are showing strains on a scale and scope not witnessed in the past three-quarters of a century. This book is a selection of VoxEU.org columns that deal with the subprime crisis. Vox posted a slew of columns by economists who really knew what they were talking about and were willing to explain the crisis in terms that any...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 313 p. This book sheds new light on the Greek economic challenges and helps readers understand the current debt crisis. Chapters from leading experts in the field identify and outline potential solutions to the on-going decline of the Greek economy by considering both Eurozone-adopted current policy framework explanations and potential alternative...
Springer, 2016. — 621 p. — ISBN: 978-3662498606. This book is a second edition of a volume on international finance first published in 2001. Like Giancarlo’s other books in International Economics, this book is organised as a two-books-in-one by distributing the material between text and appendices. The text provides coverage suitable for an undergraduate course while the...
Business Expert Press, 2014. — 140 p. In an increasingly interdependent global economy, an understanding of foreign exchange markets is more critical than ever. These markets are inextricably entwined with underlying monetary standards and consequently they are treated conjointly in this book. Four different foreign exchange rate regimes are analyzed including exchange rates...
Europe on the move series. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2003 — 22 p. Economic and social progress and constant improvements in living and working conditions are fundamental objectives for the European Union. Experience over the last five decades shows clearly that economic integration (removing barriers to the free movement of goods,...
Institute for International Economics, 1998. - 77 p. The turmoil that rocked Asian foreign exchange and equity markets during 1998 is the subject of this book. The study explains how the Asian crisis arose and spread. It then goes on to outline the kinds of corrective policy measures and reforms that could help end the crisis and reduce the chances of recurrence. In analyzing...
World Scientific Publishing Co, 2017. — 752 p. — ISBN: 978-9814749572. The book includes selected papers of Morris Goldstein on the following topics in international macroeconomics: international trade, currency regimes, exchange rate policy, international policy coordination, banking, financial crises, financial regulation, IMF policies, and China's exchange rate policy. Some...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. — 270 p. — ASIN B01FY9Z89Y. The European payment market has undergone rapid transformation in recent years due to changes in payment habits, new business rules and new legal frameworks and regulation. There has also been an advent of new technologies and payment solutions which has altered the European payments landscape drastically. This book provides...
Oxford University Press, 2010. - 538 p. Originally written for a conference of the Federal Reserve, Gary Gorton's "The Panic of 2007" garnered enormous attention and is considered by many to be the most convincing take on the recent economic meltdown. Now, in Slapped by the Invisible Hand, Gorton builds upon this seminal work, explaining how the securitized-banking system, the...
CRC Press, 2009. - 628 p. Explores the Origin of the Recent Banking Crisis and how to Preclude Future Crises Shedding new light on the recent worldwide banking debacle, The Banking Crisis Handbook presents possible remedies as to what should have been done prior, during, and after the crisis. With contributions from well-known academics and professionals, the book contains...
Oxford University Press, 2010. - 377 p. The financial crisis, which originated in developed country financial markets, has spread to developing countries and has turned into a global financial meltdown. Governments and Central Banks-though taking many and costly measures-seem powerless to stop the crisis. In light of this major global crisis that is hurting economies across the...
Institute for International Economics, 2000. - 304 p. The Asian crisis has sparked a thoroughgoing reappraisal of current international financial norms, the policy prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund, and the adequacy of the existing financial architecture. To draw proper policy conclusions from the crisis, however, it is necessary to understand its domestic...
Springer, 2015. - 266 p. - ISBN: 978-3319179261 The book examines the role of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the subprime mortgage crisis. The CRAs are blamed for awarding risky securities ‘3-A’ investment grade status and then failing to downgrade them quickly enough when circumstances changed, which led to investors suffering substantial losses. The causes identified by the...
Verso, 1998. - 372 p. It’s rare that someone should develop an obsession with Wall Street without sharing its driving passion, the accumulation of money. It would probably take years of psychoanalysis to untangle that contradiction, not to mention others too sensitive to name here. No doubt that contradictory obsession has early roots, but its most potent adult influence was...
Kogan Page, 2023. — 273 p. — ISBN: 9781398612952. Why DeFi Matters cuts through the jargon and the hype to help people make more informed decisions in this space. It examines the evolution of DeFi and cryptocurrencies, analyzing what it means for investors and the future of finance. It also outlines the developments that truly matter, distinguishing between longer-term trends...
2nd Edition. — Wiley, 2020. — 831 p. — ISBN: 9781119550464. As globalization is redefining the field of corporate finance, international finance is now part and parcel of the basic literacy of any financial executive. This is why International Corporate Finance is a “must” text for upper-undergraduates, MBAs aspiring to careers in global financial services and budding finance...
Wiley Finance, 2014. — 768 p. — ISBN10: 1118781864. A thorough introduction to corporate finance from a renowned professor of finance and banking As globalization redefines the field of corporate finance, international and domestic finance have become almost inseparably intertwined. It's increasingly difficult to understand what is happening in capital markets without a firm...
2nd Ed. — John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020. — 831 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119550-43-3. As globalization is redefining the field of corporate finance, international finance is now part and parcel of the basic literacy of any financial executive. This is why International Corporate Finance is a “must” text for upper-undergraduates, MBAs aspiring to careers in global financial services and...
Wiley, 2009. - 260 p. Our financial crisis: what happened, how we got here, and what needs to be done Henry Kaufman-an esteemed economist and statesman-is one of the most preeminent financial figures of the day, with a history of success from the 1980s, when his firm, Salomon Brothers, ruled the bond markets. In The Road to Financial Reformation, Dr. Kaufman, who has spent a...
Year: 2006. Genre: Business & Economics. Publisher: Blackwell Publishing. Language: English. ISBN: 140511990X. Pages: 599. Global Corporate Finance provides students with the practical skills needed to understand global financial problems and techniques. The sixth edition of this comprehensive text retains the user-friendly aspects of previous editions while offering expanded...
Wiley, 2006. – 354 p. – ISBN: 0471771848, 9780471771845 Is Purchase Price Equal to Fair Value? With the FASB changing the requirements for increasing categories of assets and liabilities to be shown at current fair value, Fair Value for Financial Reporting answers this and other pertinent questions with crystal clarity. Alfred King, a top expert in the field, provides financial...
Edward Elgar Pub, 2007. - 344 p. Financial crises are recurring phenomena that can cause significant economic and societal loss. This book is therefore vitally important as it analyzes why and how financial crises occur, the extent of their impact, and what can be done to prevent their recurrence or reduce the damage they cause. Comprising original and never-before-published...
Oxford University Press, 2006. - 288 p. Jonathan Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street-Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures an exhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a...
Portfolio Hardcover, 2009. - 288 p. An authoritative exposé of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equity Few people realize that the top private equity firms, such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, have become the nation's largest employers through the businesses they own. Using leveraged buyouts that load their acquired...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-57768-5, 978-3-319-57767-8. This book sheds light on the dollarization trends of four transitional economies in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Moving beyond the tendency to focus on the Latin American experience of dollarization and prolonged high inflation, the chapters in this book compare how...
Kogan Page Press, 2006. - 240 p. Over US $1.5 trillion in "dirty" money is washed and moved around the world every year, much of it by organized crime syndicates grossing more than many developed economies. "Dirty Dealing" exposes the awesome scale and scope of global money laundering and its filtration into the world's legitimate business structures. Learn about this...
Jeffrey B. Little, 2010. Fifth Edition — 385 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-163321-5. When Understanding Wall Street was first published more than thirty years ago, we never imagined that it would eventually become a "classic" available in four languages — English, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. Moreover, with the passing of time, the original work has been enhanced with each new version....
Melville House, 2016. — 288 p. Joris Luyendijk, an investigative journalist, knew as much about banking as the average person: almost nothing. Bankers, he thought, were ruthless, competitive, bonus-obsessed sharks, irrelevant to his life. And then he was assigned to investigate the financial sector. Joris immersed himself in the City-London's equivalent of Wall Street-for...
John Wiley & Sons, 2014. — 288 p. In 2001, Greece saw its application for membership into the Eurozone accepted, and the country sat down to the greatest free lunch in economic history. However, the coming years of global economic prosperity would lead to unrestrained spending, cheap borrowing, and a failure to implement financial reform, leaving the country massively exposed...
Wiley, 2016. - 248 p. - ISBN: 978-1119218968 Critical analysis of RMB internationalization and the coming global currency shift Renminbi Rising charts the emergence of China's internationalizing currency and provides an in-depth analysis of the global repercussions. Written by a team of renown economics researchers, this book describes the pressures that enabled the emergence...
Routledge, 2016. — 202 p. — ISBN: 978-1-138891-37-1. This textbook focuses on key international monetary and financial phenomena, exploring the determinants of exchange rates, international competitiveness, interest rates, saving, investment, international capital flows, commodity prices, the terms of trade, financial crises, foreign investment and economic growth. The text...
Article. Published in IMF Working Paper. – 2005. – № 45, – 29 p. Review of the Literature. The Data. Descriptive Statistics. Methodology. Properties. The Empirical Tree. An application to Colombia. Classification Table. nterpretation. Prediction. Are the 1990s Different? Other Extensions. An Application of Binary Recursive Tree (BRT) To Heart Attacks.
Academic Press, 2013. — 170 p. The Independence of Credit Rating Agencies focuses on the institutional and regulatory dynamics of these agencies, asking whether their business models give them enough independence to make viable judgments without risking their own profitability. Few have closely examined the analytical methods of credit rating agencies, even though their...
9th Edition. — Academic Press, 2017. — 331 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-804106-2 This book presents an institutional and historical overview of international finance and international money, illustrating how key economic concepts can illuminate real world problems. With three substantially revised chapters, and all chapters updated, it functions as a finance book that includes an...
Academic Press, 2013. – 336 p. – 8th ed. – ISBN: 0123852471, 9780123852472 Its high-level perspective on the global economy differentiates this introduction to international finance from other textbooks. Melvin and Norrbin provide essential information for those who seek employment in multinational industries, while competitors focus on standard economic tools and financial...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 217 p. — ASIN B0189BC18A. Since the 2007 financial crisis, discussion on issues related to the size, spread and frequency of financial crises has captivated a wide variety of audiences. Why has the world economy experienced such a marked increase in financial transactions and private and public indebtedness since the 1980s? How have middle-income...
Amsterdam University Press, 2016. — 331 p. — ISBN10: 9462980276. — ISBN13: 978-9462980273. Amid the turmoil in the Eurozone, economic problems in Russia, stagnation in Japan, and rumblings that China may slip into recession, the one reliable asset is the American dollar. While it may encounter ups and downs, investors for decades have been confident that it will never lose a...
Springer, 2016. — 274 p. — (Financial and Monetary Policy Studies 42). — ISBN: 9783319209906, 9783319209913 This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main financial crises that have marked this century: 2001 Argentina’s defaulting on its external debt, the American subprime crisis in 2008, and the current European debt crisis in Europe. The book pursues three major...
McGraw-Hill, 2010. - 304 p. Supercycles, according to international economist and strategist, Arun Motianey, are the continuous, long waves of boom and bust that undulate through the global economic and financial systems. More often than not, they are the result of policymakers' well-intentioned but misguided attempts to achieve price stability. In Supercycles, Motianey...
A.W.Mullineux and Vertus Publishing ApS, 2011. — 146 p. — ISBN: 978-87-7681-885-2. The 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis was a clear demonstration of the role of bank lending in the propagation of financial crises and business cycles and a remainder that Minsky’s financial stability hypothesis, but remained highly relevant to modern banking systems. Indeed the onset of the GFC...
Wiley, 2008. - 338 p. In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust-and the people responsible for the crisis included not just unregulated loan brokers andcon artists, but also investment bankers and home loan institutions traditionally perceived as completely trustworthy. Chain...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. — 184 p. This book explores the challenges faced by the Japanese economy and the Japanese banking industry following the financial crisis that emerged around the turn of the last millennium. The author explores how the Japanese financial crisis of the late 1990s engendered huge restructuring efforts in the banking industry, which eventually led to even...
Cambridge University Press, 2004. — 354 p. This book presents an economic history of international capital mobility in the modern era. It blends narrative and quantitative methods and connects economic outcomes to the underlying political economy of international macroeconomics. The volume demonstrates that the recent globalization can be seen, in part, as the resumption of a...
OECD Publishing, 2009. - 100 p. The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures.Table of Content Summary of Main ThemesReform PrinciplesExit Strategy Principles. Introduction II. Priorities for...
Free Press, 1998. — 224 p. O'glove is a former securities analyst who started the Quality of Earnings Report , used by many investment firms. With business historian Sobel, O'glove details a methodology to help the investor understand the role of the corporate annual report, cash flow and debt analysis, accounts receivable and inventories, the differences between shareholder...
Praeger, 2008. - 264 p. How does Wall Street, that great bastion of American Capitalism, really work? This book provides the multifaceted answer to that question clearly, concisely, and on a practical level for anyone seeking to better understand the inner workings of the capital markets. Tracing the dealings of a fictional company from inception to maturity, The Wall Street...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 185 p. This book provides an original and timely insight into the role that the domestic and international political economy played in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, combining an innovative theoretical framework with in-depth bond market analysis.
Springer, 2018. — 1287 p. — ISBN: 3030001016. This book gathers the best papers presented at the conference "The Future of the Global Financial System: Downfall or Harmony", which took place in Limassol, Cyprus on April 13-14, 2018. Organized by the Institute of Scientific Communications (Volgograd, Russia), the conference chiefly focused on reassessing the role and meaning of...
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 283 p. This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and widely into the modeling aspects. Asset Price...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. — 303 p. Asset bubbles and contagion have had a profound effect on the financial markets after the financial and sovereign debt crises. This book takes a quantitative approach to examining these phenomena and will appeal to practitioners who need to understand the repercussions of these events on trading exchanges and the markets. Introduction to...
Princeton University Press, 2014. — 433 p. The U.S. dollar's dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008–2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking, and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation about the dollar’s looming displacement as the main reserve currency. Yet, as The...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 235 p. — ASIN B0772JDXXR. This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("the Ramo Plan") to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis. Issuing a direct challenge to the status quo, the author lays out a bold set of policies to overcome the West-East divide and lead us to a more successful and secure future. Alongside the...
Princeton University Press, 2009. - 463 p. Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering - their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different" - claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little...
Portfolio, 2011. — 307 p. Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics. At best, they offer the sorry spectacle of countries' stealing growth from their trading partners. At worst, they degenerate into sequential bouts of inflation, recession, retaliation, and sometimes actual violence. Left unchecked, the next currency war could...
Wiley, 2009. - 332 p. A riveting indictment of those responsible for our current financial mess Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully...
Princeton University Press, 2008. - 310 p. Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises - and the massive financial and social damage they can cause - remain common throughout the world. Does deposit insurance encourage depositors and bankers to take excessive risks? Are banking regulations poorly designed? Or are...
New York: Penguin Press, 2010. — 305 p. This myth shattering book reveals the methods Nouriel Roubini used to foretell the current crisis before other economists saw it coming and shows how those methods can help us make sense of the present and prepare for the future. The White Swan Crisis Economists Plate Tectonics Things Fall Apart Global Pandemics The Last Resort Spend...
McGraw-Hill, 2010. - 304 p. With major financial scandals popping up in greater numbers — and with more inevitably on the way — it has never been more important for you to understand what dishonest companies do to trick investors. Since the early 1990s, Financial Shenanigans has been helping investors unearth deceptive financial reporting at the most critical time — before they...
4th ed. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. — 336 p. — ISBN: 126011726X, 9781260117264. The bestselling classic from the “Sherlock Holmes of Accounting”―updated to reflect the key case studies and most important lessons from the past quarter century. This fourth edition of the classic guide shines a light on the most shocking frauds and financial reporting offenders of the last...
Manchester University Press, 2003. - 512 p. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 shook the foundations of the global economy. What began as a localized currency crisis soon engulfed the entire Asian region. What went wrong and how did the Asian economies, long considered "miracles," respond? How did the United States, Japan and other G-7 countries react to the crisis? What...
Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 505 p. This is a unique insider account of the new world of unfettered finance. The author, an Asian regulator, examines how old mindsets, market fundamentalism, loose monetary policy, carry trade, lax supervision, greed, cronyism, and financial engineering caused both the Asian crisis of the late 1990s and the global crisis of 2008–2009....
Princeton University Press, 2008. - 208 p. The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold measures to solve it. He calls for an aggressive...
Edinburgh University Press, 2010. - 216 p. Stuart Sim diagnoses the global financial crisis and the global environmental crisis as symptoms of the end of modernity, a cultural system that has prevailed in the West since the time of the Enlightenment. The modern world's insatiable need for technologically driven progress is unsustainable, he claims, not to mention destructive to...
2009. - 351 p. A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America’s financial history by an acclaimed New York Times Reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to...
4th edition. — McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2007 Fundamental textbook on money markets and banking. Topics covered: Funds Flows, Banks, and Money Creation The Instruments in Brief Bond Valuation Duration and Convexity The Banks: Domestic Operations The Banks: Eurodollar Operations The Treasury and the Federal Agencies Don't Flight the Fed! The Powerful Role of the...
Wiley, 2009. — 271 p. Bestselling author John Talbott outlines the troublesome economic times ahead and what can be done about them Tough times are here, and author John Talbott-who accurately predicted the dot.com technology stock collapse as well as the recent housing, mortgage, and financial crises-argues that the coming global recession will be unlike anything we've ever...
Academic Press, 2015. — 362 p. — ISBN: 0128022973, 9780128022979 Principles of International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics: Theories, Applications, and Policies presents a macroeconomic framework for understanding and analyzing the global economy from the perspectives of emerging economies and developing countries. Unlike most macroeconomic textbooks, which typically...
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2011 - 662 p. - ISBN: 016087727X Official government edition. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was created to examine the causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States. In this report, the Commission presents to the President, the Congress, and the American people the results of its examination and...
Wiley, 2009. - 400 p. Praise for Lecturing Birds On Flying "Finally, a book taking a critical look at quantitative finance models, illuminating both their flawed fantasy assumptions as well as the uncritical use of such models on Wall Street, in many cases, leading to billion dollar losses. Pablo Triana knows both the financial industry and the academic community from the...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. - 250 p. This book, written by international experts in the Asian and world economies, provides a timely, comprehensive and authoritative assessment on the likely causes and potential impact of theAsian financial crisis. The countries covered include Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam in the ASEAN, Korean and China in...
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006. — 318 p. This book deals with the economic consequences of monetary integration, which has long been dominated by the Optimal Currency Area (OCA) paradigm. In this model, money is perceived as having developed from a private sector cost minimization process to facilitate transactions. Not surprisingly, the book argues, the main advantage of...
6th Edition. — NY.: Pearson, 2006. Overview of Corporate Finance. Introduction to Corporate Finance. Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow. Financial Statements and Long−Term Financial Planning. Working with Financial Statements. Long−Term Financial Planning and Growth. Valuation of Future Cash Flows. Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money. Discounted Cash Flow...
Springer Gabler, 2014. — 133 p. — ISBN: 978-3658048280. Speculative currency crises seem to have become a common and inevitable phenomenon in the international monetary system. Against this background, various approaches have been developed by economists to cover the broad range of situations in which balance-of-payments crises occurred. Anja Zenker provides a comprehensive...
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