Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Fintech and its historical perspective -- Part I: FINTECH & BLOCKCHAIN: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW -- Chapter 3: Financial Engineering and ICT in the past -- Chapter 4: Fintech and Blockchain: Contemporary Issues, New Paradigms and Disruption -- Chapter 5: The...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History -- Chapter 3: Europe -- Chapter 4: The Americas -- Chapter 5: India & Asia -- Chapter 6: Family Office Investing -- Chapter 7:Governance, Succession and Fraud -- Chapter 8: Philanthropy -- Chapter 9: Patronage, Collecting & New Frontiers -- Chapter...

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...

Language Requirement for Naturalization, Linguistic Networks, and International Migration: The Role of Common Unofficial Language -- Smart digitalization in Nordic cities and municipalities through Internet of Things -- Are attitudes to financial risk reflected in precautional measures during...

Corporate Finance and Financial Development: An Introduction -- Entrepreneurs' dynamic capabilities, financial resource development and financial performance among small and medium enterprises in emerging markets: Experience from Tanzania -- Does ICT Diffusion Drive the Finance-Growth Nexus?...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance -- Chapter 2: Financial Regulation and Systemic risk -- Chapter 3: The Regulation of Globalized Finance -- Part 2: Cross-Border Regulation in the EU: The Passport and the Equivalence Regime -- Chapter 4: The Passport...

Chapter 1. Market-Timing Skills in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Outbreak: Evidence from Islamic Funds -- Chapter 2. The Relationship Between US Stock, Commodity and Virtual Markets During COVID-19 Forced Crisis -- Chapter 3. Towards a Better Comprehension of Tourism Crisis in the Era of Covid-19 --...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2. Capital -- Chapter 3. Credit -- Chapter 4. The Category of Capitalisation -- Chapter 5. Fictitious Capital -- Chapter 6. Speculative Capital -- Chapter 7. Private Banks -- Chapter 8. The Financial System and the State -- Chapter 9. Capital and the World...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Defining the Issues -- Chapter 3. Short-Termism, An Evolving Concern? -- Chapter 4. What Has Been Done to Correct Short-Termism? -- Chapter 5. Is There A Short-Termism Problem At All? -- Chapter 6. Short-Termism Transmission Mechanisms -- Chapter 7. What Are...