Finance

A Great Deal of Ruin provides an accessible introduction to the enduring problem of financial crises. Illustrated with historical analysis, case st...

The Bank of England and the Government Debt recounts the surprising history of the Bank of England's activities in the government securities market...

The recent crisis has redrawn attention to financial globalization. Dilip Das examines under what circumstances it can be welfare-enhancing and lea...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...

How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter Lindert examines the experience of coun...

As a comprehensive empirical study on the bankruptcy re-organisations of listed companies in China, this book examines the re-organisation of fifty...

Trading floors are a thing of the past. Thanks to a combination of computers, high-speed networks and algorithms, millions of financial transaction...

Across the world, HSBC likes to sell itself as the worlds local bank, the friendly face of corporate and personal finance. And yet, a decade ago, t...

This friendly guide is the companion you need to convert pure mathematics into understanding and facility with a host of probabilistic tools. The b...

In The Medium of Contingency Elie Ayache builds upon his ground-breaking book The Blank Swan, in exploring the intersection of philosophy and finan...

Actuaries have access to a wealth of individual data in pension and insurance portfolios, but rarely use its full potential. This book will pave th...

When it comes to buying a property, do you get frustrated by the confusing jargon and lack of transparency? Unsure of how much of a deposit you nee...

The one bad apple spoiling the whole barrel has become a common metaphor used with reference to risk culture in organisations. This inside-out pers...

Private Equity in Poland focuses on the private equity industry and emerging markets in Poland. Poland represents the most developed private equity...

The world economy is caught in a money trap. Existing monetary arrangements meet the needs neither of the ageing societies of the West nor of young...

Why do governments backtrack on major policy reforms? Reversals of pension privatization provide insight into why governments abandon potentially p...