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...

The academic literature on pension governance is sparse and this book will fill some important gaps by bringing together original contributions from around the world on subjects related to the area. The book initially lays out the main frameworks for pension fund governance and then goes on to...

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...

This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be...

pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.

Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of...

Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...

Contents: Preface xvi ahmad hassan ahmad, david t. Llewellyn and victor murinde -- 1. Introduction: Financial inclusion - an overview of key issues / David T. Llewellyn -- 2. Public policy for financial inclusion / David T. Llewellyn -- 3. Financial sector development and financial inclusion in...

Who's afraid of the big bad bear? : or, why investment in equities for retirement is not scary and why investing without equities is scary / Ronald Bewley, Nick Ingram, Veronica Livera and Sheridan Thompson -- Assessing the risks in global fixed interest portfolios / Geoffrey Brianton -- The...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): K.J. Arrow [1953], (1964), 'The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-Bearing', Review of Economic Studies, 31 (2), April, 91-6 -- Peter A. Diamond (1967), 'The Role of a Stock Market in a General Equilibrium Model with Technological...