Introduction -- Measuring financial inclusion: A survey -- Financial Inclusion: A Measurement and Comparative Analysis of Countries from Europe and Asia -- Financial Constraints and Export Participation: A Case Study of Indian Textile Industry -- Financial Liberalization and Financial...

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...

This book draws readers’ attention to the financial aspects of daily life at a corporation by combining a robust mathematical setting and the explanation and derivation of the most popular models of the firm. Intended for third-year undergraduate students of business finance, quantitative...

Part I: Econometrics of Financial Markets -- Information Asymmetry, Liquidity and the Dynamic Volume-Return Relation in Panel Data Analysis -- Density forecasts of emerging markets’ exchange rates using Monte Carlo simulation with regime switching -- Determination of the own funds requirements...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Modigliani–Miller Theory in Corporate Finance -- Chapter 2. Capital Structure: Modigliani–Miller Theory -- Chapter 3. Modern Theory of Capital Cost and Capital Structure: Brusov–Filatova–Orekhova Theory (BFO Theory) -- Chapter 4. Optimal Capital...

1. Financial Regulations, Supervision Structure and Banking Performance in CESEE -- 2. The income velocity of money - determinants (case of the Czech Republic) -- 3. The Impact of Central Bank Policy Rate on Financial Development: The case of Europe -- 4. Causes of limitations of GDP per capita...

Part I – General aspects of ESG -- 1. Introduction: the multiples roles of corporate governance under ESG (Paulo Câmara) -- 2. Sustainability as a game changer in corporate governance (Guido Ferrarini) -- 3. ESG and the shift on corporate purpose (Beate Sjåfjell) -- 4. Sustainability and...

Chapter 1. Trends in Infrastructure Industry -- Chapter 2. Infrastructure Financing Instruments -- Chapter 3. Risks inherent in Project Finance and its mitigation -- Chapter 4. Structuring and Implementation of the Project -- Chapter 5. The Chuo Shinkansen Project, Japan -- Chapter 6. Developing...

1. Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility and Japanese Corporations -- 2. Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness and Practices of Japanese Corporations -- 3. Responsible Investment and Institutional Investors -- 4. Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance -- 5....

This book analyzes and assesses corporate restructuring and governance in transition countries focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia. Using original material and publications in local languages, the book addresses the core issues for these countries in transformation into...