difficult. This book attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between investment, knowledge spillovers and … empirical evidence regarding the spatial dimension of investment, entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers, and features both … individual and cross-country analyses. FDI in accession countries is examined, as is the effect of EU integration on own …

"Covering pertinent areas of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) this forward-looking book examines SRI in … investment strategies and philosophies that attempt to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into … investment decision-making. In turn it provides an in-depth review of a number of different motivations for SRI, including …

The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform … institutions from American and European points of view. The authors emphasise the need for making the IMF and World Bank more … narrower focus in the mission of the World Bank and the IMF. In the case of the WTO, they call for a democratic reform of the …

international monetary system and the future role of the IMF … : the IMF, the G7, G10 and G20 …

the IMF is explored in detail, but the book also documents the tense and often coercive interactions with commercial banks … as well as on the continuing resistance to the IMF-led strategy among G7 governments. How debt contracts were …, including the former heads of the US Federal Reserve and the IMF. Archives from the IMF, the New York Federal Reserve, the Bank …

economic models -- 4. Investment : liquid real capital versus liquid assets -- 5. Why liquidity preference? -- 6. Financial … markets, liquidity and fast exits -- 7. Planned investment, planned savings, liquidity and economic growth -- 8. Complicating …

Investments in competitive electricity markets : an overview / François Lévêque -- Investment and generation capacity … transmission investment in a deregulated power / Steven Stoft -- Patterns of transmission investments / Paul Joskow -- Long …-term locational prices and investment incentives in the transmission of electricity / Yves Smeers -- Compatibility of investment …

integration from central, commercial and investment banks, governments, international organizations, universities and research … Schumpeter to be rediscovered? / Peter Mooslechner -- The impact of the euro on investment : sectoral evidence / Tomas Dvorak … / Sophie Claeys and Christa Hainz -- Ownership structures and investment in transition economies / Dennis C. Mueller and Evgeni …