Terms and Essays -- Deposit Insurance Schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Creating a New Bank for a New Millennium -- Pre-funded Coupon and Zero-Coupon Bonds: Cost of Capital Analysis -- Intertemporal Risk and Currency Risk -- Credit Derivatives -- Foreign exchange risk premium and policy...

The Encyclopedia of Finance, Second Edition, comprised of over 1000 individual definitions and chapters, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource in the field, integrating the most current terminology, research, theory, and practical applications. Showcasing contributions from an...

In his best-selling Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller coaster of the financial system. Less noted was Shiller's admonition that our infatuation with the stock market distracts us...