Finance

The financial crisis of 2008 is probably the single most important economic event in post-war history. Macroprudential policy is the response to th...

Behavioral Finance helps investors understand unusual asset prices and empirical observations originating out of capital markets. At its core, this...

The 'good life' for households has passed. The unwanted result which accompanied it is the sea of red ink. Confidence in the western way of life wi...

Despite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the E...

Chinese banks have been making headlines recently, but what lies beneath? Banking in China appears different. What explains the current arrangement...

A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most wid...

This book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio, organizational structure and operation of the seven largest SWFs from the perspective of the ...

An inside view of the forces which shaped SEPA and the PSD written from the unique perspective of someone closely involved throughout the process. ...

This book takes you on a journey through post-crisis regulatory reform, highlighting the unintended consequences of some of the measures on transac...

This is a succinct guide to the application and modelling of dependence models or copulas in the financial markets. First applied to credit risk mo...

This book reflects the current state of discussion about agricultural and rural finance in developing and transition countries. It provides insight...

This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and financial service liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessm...

This latest addition to the Financial Engineering Explained series focuses on the new standards for derivatives valuation, namely, pricing and risk...

The relationship between risk, return and the cost of capital is contextualized by relating it to the needs of investors and borrowers, the histori...

Written by two experts in the field, will provide readers with a roadmap for detailing how to leave family wealth and more importantly, legacy, int...

There is a prevailing view among researchers and practitioners that abnormal risk-adjusted returns are an anomaly of financial market inefficiency....

How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur afte...

State guarantees commonly function as financial panacea, allowing states to consolidate banking systems and create intergovernmental funds. Rules s...

China's financial reforms have undergone a large-scale transformation over the past several years. This book aims to outline the structure and curr...

Since the 2007 2008 global financial crisis, there has been much debate about the role of financial regulation and the causes of financial instabil...

The absolute and relative performance of various asset classes is systematically related to macroeconomic trends. In this new book, Robert McGee pr...

Andria van der Merwe provides a thorough guide to the critical tools needed to navigate liquidity markets and value security pricing in the presenc...

Women invest differently than men. Collectively, their approach has proven profitable and reliable, and it outperforms the industry at large. The p...

Nick Mayhew has made key contributions to fields as diverse as medieval European monetary history, numismatics, financial history, price and wage h...