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The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major new...
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This book focuses on recent financial market reforms, and their implications for social, economic and political exclusion. In particular it considers the hitherto under-researched question of whose interests govern the design of regulatory mechanisms and who influences the decision-making...
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In this valuable new book, a distinguished group of authors takes stock of the existing state of knowledge in the field of finance and the development process. Each chapter offers a comprehensive survey and synthesis of current issues. These include such critical subjects as savings, financial...
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1. The microcredit sector in the United Kingdom : the role of CDFIs / Niamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan -- 2. Microcredit in France : financial support for social inclusion / Stefanie Lämmermann -- 3. The microcredit sector in Italy : small initiatives in a dynamic scenario / Simone...
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contributions show that from the 1880s onwards banks became an integral part of the capital market in continental Europe. In the … course of this development the banks played a crucial part in financing industry in North and Central Europe. This symbiotic … North and Central Europe, especially with regard to the degree of state intervention in individual economies. Other topics …
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This book highlights the achievements and challenges of the ongoing process of financial integration in Europe. This … financial integration / Cesare Calari -- Financial globalization, corporate governance and Eastern Europe / René M. Stulz … -- Does the financial sector need Europe? / Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell -- The Central and Eastern European financial sector …
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Recurrent instability has characterized the global financial system since the 1980s, eventually leading to the current global financial crisis. This instability and the resultant disruptions - sovereign debt defaults, exchange rate misalignments, financial market illiquidity and asset price...
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Union meet this challenge? Global Finance and Social Europe constructively argues that an active response is required and …Money and finance today / Trevor Evans -- International finance / Trevor Evans -- Europe's financial systems under … finance and instability in the EU / Jan Toporowski -- The transformation of corporate Europe / Photis Lysandrou -- Financial …
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Özgür Orhangazi brings together a comprehensive analysis of financialization in the US economy that encompasses the historical, theoretical, and empirical sides of the issues. He explores the origins and consequences of the dramatic rise of financial markets in the US economy and focuses on...
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In the past thirty years the financial sector has seen unparalleled growth and has exerted increased economic and political influence and significance. This growth has come hand-in-hand with several serious economic crises and greater monetary instability. Set against this background, this...
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