Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Lloyd’s: its history and business practices -- Chapter 3: Lloyd’s people: their social composition and political economy -- Chapter 4: Expansion, scandals and frauds – Lloyd’s in the 1970s -- Chapter 5: The first reforms and public scrutiny --...

Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The role of banks in a modern economy -- II An Analysis of...

Chapter 1. Editorial Introduction: Crisis in Context -- Chapter 2. US Foreign Direct Investments in the Eurozone: A Distance Analysis in View of Global Crisis. Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector -- Chapter 3. Litigation Risk, Audit Fees and the Financial Crisis Impact: Empirical Evidence...

1. Trends and role of consumer credits in the European economy -- 2. Changing credit landscape -- 3. The role of consumer credits in the life of an European household -- 4. Regulatory and organisational context of consumer credits in Europe -- 5. Conclusion.

This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional instruments that have been widely adopted since the financial crisis of...

Grundsätzliches zum unbaren Zahlungsverkehr -- Bilanztechnische Aspekte beim Buchgeld und bei aktuellen Themen -- Passivische Verankerung einer Währung im Inland -- Überlegungen zum TARGET2-Saldo -- Zentralbankgeld als Arbeitsguthaben für den Zahlungsverkehr -- Liquiditätsbeschaffung und...