Regulating the financial sector in the era of globalization

perspectives from political economy and management

The world's financial landscape is transforming as economies become increasingly interdependent. In Regulating the Financial Sector in the Era of Globalization, Zuhayr Mikdashi examines the role of public authorities and of business executives in the prevention, moderation, containment and resolution of financial problems. The ...

Critical issues in international financial reform

This work covers weaknesses of the international financial system and potential beneficial reforms. The focus is on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, but it also takes into account relevant lessons from the experience of Canada, a country integrated into world and hemisphere ...

Eurodelitos

el Derecho penal económico en la Unión Europea

Financial geography

a banker's view

This truly internationally-focused book is a readable, comprehensive guide to the economic geography of the world's financial centres that is as enjoyable to read as it is informative. All students and academics involved with economic geography as well as professionals in the banking and ...

Money, banking and financial markets

This text strives to bring money and banking up-to-date by providing complete, integrated coverage of topics that are important to the twenty-first century world of money and banking. While covering the basics in the authors' hallmark, student-oriented manner, this book also uniquely integrates coverage of ...

African business finance and development policy

Privatizing China

the stock markets and their role in corporate reform

Much is written about the various efforts aimed at reforming China#s state-owned enterprises. But in all this literature the Chinese government#s determined effort to use the equity capital markets as a tool of enterprise reform has been virtually ignored. The fact is that ...

The political economy of monetary institutions

an international organization reader

Normal;Recent analysis by political economists of monetary institution determinants in different countries has been limited by the fact that exchange rate regimes and central bank institutions are studied in isolation from each other, without examining how one institution affects the costs and benefits of ...

Bnaking supervision at the creossroads

This work charts the consequences for banking supervision of two stylized developments that over the1990s have characterized the global financial landscape: the integration of cross-sector and cross-border financial services. Both developments inevitably call for a supervisory response and the authors discuss what form and direction ...

The governance of public and non-profit organisations

what do boards do?

Ed. Chris Cornforth. Governing boards play a crucial role in ensuring that public and non- profit organizations are publicly accountable and perform well. Until now, there have been relatively few detailed empirical studies of what boards do in practice, but this book fills that gap ...

Venture capital

a Euro-System approach

Covers a wide spectrum of topics: it investigates the way venture capital really works, the relations between venture capital, corporate banking and stock exchanges, market trends in Europe and the US, legal issues related to the creation of venture capital firms and closed end funds ...

Asset management and investor protection

an international analysis

Scandals in financial institutions, weakness in the world economy, and volatility in financial markets bring to the fore issues of regulation and consumer protection. This comparative survey of how investors are currently protected in a range of European countries and the USA is set in ...

The structural foundations of international finance

problems of growth and stability

The principal message of this book is that international financial enterprises must be re-oriented towards funding productive activities rather than potentially destabilizing speculation. The effects of financial sector operations are addressed with serious warnings that the dangers of speculative destabilization are increasing as regulatory and ...

Capitalism, not globalism

capital mobility, central bank independence, and the political control of the economy

While much has been made of recent changes in the international economy, the mechanisms by which politicians control the economy have not fundamentally changed in the postwar period. In Capitalism, Not Globalism, William Roberts Clark challenges both traditional and revisionist globalization theorists in his assertion ...

Financial structure

an investigation of sectoral balance sheets in the G-7

Cross-country comparisons of sectoral balance sheets offer crucial indications of differences in overall financial structure, which in turn underlie contrasts in financing and economic behaviour. In this context, this book aims to confront theory and extant empirical work with aggregate financial data across the G-7 ...

The new financial order

risk in the 21st Century

In his best-selling Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller coaster of the financial system. Less noted was Shiller's admonition that our infatuation with the stock market distracts ...

Cómo vender productos y servicios financieros

En el sector financiero, cada día es más difícil, y por ello más importante, estar preparado para convencer al cliente de que nuestra empresa ofrece el mejor producto o servicio del mercado. De una forma clara, sencilla y concisa, este libro transmite las técnicas de ...

Monnaie, système financier et politique monétaire.

Financial structure and economic growth

a cross-country comparison of banks, markets, and development

Redefining financial services

the new renaissance in value propositions