Government debts and financial markets in Europe

Studying the history of public debt represents a fascinating means to investigate the role of public finances in the making of European states both at a national and regional level. "Government Debts and Financial Markets" brings together essays by leading historians of economic and financial ...

Stress testing for risk control under basel

The Consultative paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II) cites the failure of bankers to adequately stress test exposures as a major reason for bad loans. Sample quotes from this crucial document include: "Banks should take into consideration potential future changes ...

Financial services marketing

an international guide to principles and practice

"Financial Services Marketing: An International Guide to Principles and Practice" contains the ideal balance of marketing theory and practice to appeal to advanced undergraduates and those on professional courses such as the Chartered Institute of Banking. Taking an international and strategic view of an increasingly ...

Bank management and financial services

"Bank Management and Financial Services" is designed to help students master established management principles and to confront the perplexing issues of risk, regulation, technology, and competition that bankers and other financial-service managers see as their greatest challenges for the future. The seventh edition is the ...

Las claves del éxito de las Sociedades de Garantía Recíproca en el período 1994-2005

Las PYME encuentran más dificultades que las grandes compañías para acceder a una financiación bancaria adecuada para el desarrollo de sus proyectos empresariales. Para resolver este problema se pusieron en marcha las Sociedades de Garantía Recíproca (SGR).

Innovation and institutions

an institutional perspective on the innovative efforts of banks and insurance companies

This new book uses extensive and multifaceted data and sophisticated data analysis to explore product innovation in the financial services sector. Merging academic and critical analysis with practical recommendations for companies, this book provides a full and rich account of how new products are brought ...

Money, interest, and policy

dynamic general equilibrium in a non-ricardian world

This work develops the argument that moving from "Ricardian" dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models to "non-Ricardian" models solves many puzzles and paradoxes in monetary issues that might have cast doubt on the DSGE methodology for monetary economics. An important recent advance in macroeconomics is the ...

Microcréditos y pobreza

de un sueño al Nobel de la Paz

La concesión del Premio Nobel de la Paz 2006 al profesor Muhammad Yunus y a la institución que él fundó, el Banco Grameen, ha venido a reconocer la importante presencia de los microcréditos en el escenario actual de la financiación para el desarrollo, así como ...

The New NASDAQ marketplace

The Nasdaq Stock Market has been reengineered in recent years from a competitive dealer market to a modern hybrid. The broader Nasdaq marketplace, including ECNs and ATSs, has also experienced substantial growth and development. This conference brought together leading buy- side and sell-side participants and ...

Contemporary financial intermediation

Stuart Greenbaum and Anjan Thakor bring a unique analytical approach to the subject of banks and banking in this completely revised and updated new edition. They expand the scope of the typical bank management course by addressing all types of deposit-type financial institutions and by ...

From the athenian tetradrachm to the Euro

studies in european monetary integration

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 ...

New financial instruments and institutions

opportunitoes and policy challenges

Japan's financial institutions and instruments are closely related to the United States model. In both countries, new financial instruments, such as structured financial products and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and new financial institutions - which include hedge funds and private equity funds - present opportunities as well ...

Money and payments in theory and practice

International in scope and written by a leading young Post-Keynesian economist, this book focuses on the working of money and payments in a multi-bank settlement system within which banks and non-bank financial institutions have been expanding their operations outside their countries of incorporation. Departing from ...

Investment banking and investment opportunities in China

a comprehensive guide for finance professionals

China is now an economic power in the world economy, and offers tremendous business and investment opportunities, but its financial markets remain poorly understood. In this authoritative book, investment banking expert K. Thomas Liaw explains China's financial and investing system in detail, including: Stock ...

Challenges at the Bank for International settlements

an economist's (Re)view

The intellectual challenges facing central bankers are reflected in this monograph. The author worked as an economist in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), but also as an international mediator, in the Secretariat of the G10 Ministers and Governors ...

Money tales

Fundaciones

(Revista Perspectivas del Sistema Financiero, Nº91, año 2007)

INDICE:Introducción.Los sistemas de evaluación del desempeño organizativo e impacto social de las fundaciones. Utilidades del marketing no lucrativo.El ejercicio de actividades empresariales por las fundaciones (fundación empresa y fundación con empresa): su significado en el régimen jurídico de las cajas de ahorros ...

Moneda, banca y mercados financieros

En sus manos se encuentra el libro de texto más vendido del tema a nivel mundial: Moneda, banca y mercados financieros nos ayuda a comprender la economía que da fundamento a la forma en la que funcionan el dinero y las instituciones bancarias y los ...

Ejercicios y esquemas de dinero y banca