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Capital ideas envolving

An industry legend addresses the development of modern investment theory. Written by today's foremost financial historian, Peter Bernstein, "Capital Ideas Evolving" recounts the fascinating process by which financial theory has migrated from the ivory towers of academia to the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street ...

Éxito

una guía extraordinaria

No es este un manual de autoayuda más. Conocido mundialmente por la popular serie 'El monje que vendió su Ferrari', el gurú del liderazgo Robin Sharma habla en primera persona sobre cómo extraer el gran potencial que llevamos dentro. Estrategias concretas para convertir los problemas ...

Credit risk management

how to avoid lending disasters and maximize earnings

"Credit Risk Management" is a comprehensive textbook that looks at the total integrated process for managing credit risk, ranging from the risk assessment of a single obliger to the risk measurement of an entire portfolio. This expert learning tool introduces the principle concepts of credit ...

Allocation in the european emissions trading scheme

rights, rents and fairness

A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide. Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme provides the first in-depth description and analysis of the process by which rights to emit carbon dioxide were created and ...

Currency competition and foreign exchange markets

the dollar, the yenand the euro

Currency Competition and Foreign Exchange Markets by Philipp Hartmann of the European Central Bank is a major theoretical and empirical study of international currencies, which focuses on the role which the Euro will play in the international monetary and financial system along with the US ...

Economic geography

a contemporary introduction

"Economic Geography" is a comprehensive introduction to this growing field, providing students with a vibrant and distinctive geographical insight into the economy. It identifies patterns of economic activity across space, explores the role of economic scale, and sets out both contemporary approaches and classical theories ...

Public choice and the challenges of democracy

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats democracy must confront ...

Expectations, rationality and economic performance

models and experiments

This book offers a broad perspective on the economics of expectations. Experimental studies are used to analyze how human bounded rationality affects economic performance. The challenges posed for policy making are also addressed. Tobias Rotheli begins by presenting the basic tools and theoretical models necessary ...

Opting out?

why women really quit careers and head home

Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, "The New York Times Magazine" recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high- achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in ...

Worlds apart

measuring international and global inequality

We are used to thinking about inequality within countries - about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? "Worlds Apart" addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by ...

Lawlessness and economics

alternative modes of governance

How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In "Lawlessness and Economics", Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions ...

Trading voices

the European Union in international commercial negotiations

The European Union, the world's foremost trader, is not an easy bargainer to deal with. Its twenty-five member states have relinquished most of their sovereignty in trade to the supranational level, and in international commercial negotiations, such as those conducted under the World Trade ...

Entrepreneurship, innovation, and the growth mechanism of the free- enterprise economies

How much credit can be given to entrepreneurship for the unprecedented innovation and growth of free-enterprise economies? In this book, some of the world's leading economists tackle this difficult and understudied question, and their responses shed new light on how free-market economies work - and ...

Methods for applied macroeconomic research

The last twenty years have witnessed tremendous advances in the mathematical, statistical, and computational tools available to applied macroeconomists. This rapidly evolving field has redefined how researchers test models and validate theories. Yet until now there has been no textbook that unites the latest methods ...

The econometrics of individual risk

credit, insurance, and marketing

The individual risks faced by banks, insurers, and marketers are less well understood than aggregate risks such as market-price changes. But the risks incurred or carried by individual people, companies, insurance policies, or credit agreements can be just as devastating as macroevents such as share-price ...

The soulful science

what economists really do and why it matters

To many, Thomas Carlyle's put-down of economics as "the dismal science" is as fitting now as it was 150 years ago. But Diane Coyle argues that economics today is more soulful than dismal, a more practical and human science than ever before. Building on ...

The difference

how the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies

In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. "The Difference" is about how we think in groups - and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions ...

The handbook of Portfolio mathematics

formulas for optimal allocation and leverage

"For the serious investor, trader, or money manager, this book takes a rewarding look into modern portfolio theory. Vince introduces a leverage space portfolio model, tweaks it for the drawdown probability, and delivers a superior model. He even provides equations to maximize returns for a ...

Project financing

asset-based financial engineering

Praise for "Project Financing First Edition": "Owing to his teaching as a finance professor and as an experienced investment banker, John Finnerty brings to his book, "Project Financing", an insightful perspective, blending the theoretical with the practical." - Zoltan Merszei, former chairman, president, and CEO, The ...

Structured finance modeling with object-oriented VBA

This is a detailed look at how object oriented VBA should be used to model complex financial structures. This guide helps readers overcome the difficult task of modeling complex financial structures and bridges the gap between professional C++/Java programmers writing production models and front ...