An original and insightful book, this work focuses on domestic and overseas firms operating in those Central Asian and Eastern European countries considered to be the transitional economic periphery. Chapters shed light on their distinct forms of capitalism, and how it influences and adapts the...

1. Finance and growth under capitalism / Prabhat Patnaik -- 2. The global financial crisis : lessons we should have learned and an agenda for reform / L. Randall Wray -- 3. The problem of power in finance in India and Brazil : from targets of opportunity to poles of self-reinforcing growth? /...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Editor's Introduction -- Foreword / Galbraith, James K. -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Fourth Edition: On the Perils and Rewards of Economic Dissonance -- 1. Change and the Planning System -- 2. The Imperatives of Technology -- 3. The Nature of...

"This study examines the influence of institutional environment on capital structure and debt maturity choices by examining a cross-section of firms in 39 developed and developing countries. We find that a country's legal and tax system, the level of corruption and the preferences of capital...