Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theories and Evidence of Financial Vulnerability -- Chapter 3: Building a Financial Vulnerability Model -- Chapter 4: Socio-Cultural and Economic Institutions at the Local Level -- Chapter 5: The Household as Financial Manager -- Chapter 6: Markets and...

This book contains selected papers first presented at the Canada-United States Business Conference held at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, on April 11-12, 2003. The set of 18 chapters in this book are grouped into three major sections. Part I deals with regional economic...