Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of boxes -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The geography of finance and SME lending -- 1.2 Credit decisions and rating systems -- 1.3 Research...

1. PR and trust 'booms and busts' -- 2. Reframing trust, power and PR -- 3. Promoting state financial power : creditworthiness as trustworthiness -- 4. Financial trade associations : territorial battles for trust -- 5. Stock market storytelling : dalliances with trust -- 6. Changing banking...

Finanzmärkte sind zu einem bedeutenden Phänomen der modernen Gesellschaft geworden. Das Buch führt in die Märkte für Kapital ein, vor allem in die Märkte für Wertpapiere, Vermögenspositionen, Zertifikate und Kontrakte.(Verlagstext)

This book takes up unique agent-based approaches to solving problems related to stock and their derivative markets. Toward this end, the authors have worked for more than 15 years on the development of an artificial market simulator called U-Mart for use as a research and educational tool. A...

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the development of the German financial system, with a particular focus on financialization and the financial crisis, topics that have increasingly gained attention since the crisis and the discussion on the secular stagnation started. The authors of...