1. The background -- 2. Roadmap, preparations -- 3. Investors -- 4. Managing the different ecosystems: the international press, the rating agencies and the domestic public opinion -- 5. Restarting the engines: first issuance -- 6. The road to normalization had its ups and downs. 7. The final...

This book, unique in its composition, reviews the academic empirical literature on how CDSs actually work in practice, including during distressed times of market crises. It also discusses the mechanics of single-name and index CDSs, the theoretical costs and benefits of CDSs, as well as...

Part I. International Investments -- Chapter 1. The Economics of the International Market; Chapter 2. Portfolio Theory and International Diversification -- Part II. Fundamentals of Exchange-Traded Funds -- Chapter 3. The Basics of Exchange-Traded Funds -- Chapter 4. The Operation and...

This book provides an up-to-date guide to managing Country Risk. It tackles its various and interlinked dimensions including sovereign risk, socio-political risk, and macroeconomic risk for foreign investors, creditors, and domestic residents. It shows how they are accentuated in the global...

Chapter 1: Why Finance Matters for Economics: The Story of Financing the Railroad -- Chapter 2: The Story of the Original Boom and Bust in Western Finance: The Mississippi Bubble -- Chapter 3: Price Determination in a Multi Sector Global Economy -- Chapter 4: Credit Allocation and the Role of...

1. Conventional Macroeconomic Policy -- 2. Islamic Macroeconomic Policies -- 3. Capital Markets: Conventional versus Islamic -- 4. Risk Sharing and Public Policy -- 5. Government Finance and the Debt Market -- 6. Government Finance and the Equity Market -- 7. Macro Market Application -- 8. Micro...

Das Buch stellt auf leicht verständliche und anschauliche Weise Irrtümer im Bereich der Geldtheorien dar und erläutert die fatalen Folgen geldtheoretischer Fehleinschätzungen und ordnungspolitischer Verstöße für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Orientiert an der Konjunkturtheorie Friedrich A....

1 Introduction: Economics and Organization of Financial Markets -- Part 1 Basic Financial Instruments -- 2 Basic Finance: Interest rates, Discounting, Investments, Loans -- 3 The Money Market and its Interbank Segment -- 4 The Bond Markets -- 5 Introduction to the Analysis of Interest Rate and...

1. The Euro Area Banking System: Where Do We Stand? -- 2. The Main Challenges Facing the Euro Area Banking System -- 3. Non-performing Loans in the Euro Area -- 4. Level 3 Assets and Sovereign Exposure -- 5. Progress on the First Two Pillars of the Banking Union -- 6. The Third Pillar of the...

1 Introduction -- Part I Global Economic Growth, Economic Policy Uncertainty and The Influence of Trade Dynamics -- 2 Is BRICS GDP Growth a Source of Shocks or an Amplifier of Global Growth Responses? What Are the Policy Implications for South Africa? -- 3 Does the Trade-Openness Channel Impact...