This book analyses how Calon Gypsies in Brazil have responded to global financial transformations and shifted their economic practices from itinerant trade to moneylending. It also explores their role as ethnic credit providers, offering rare insight into the financial lives of poor and...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Street Vendors in the Urban Economy -- Chapter 2: The Field: Profile of the Cities -- Chapter 3: Why do Street Vendors Need Finance? -- Chapter 4: Sources of Finance -- Chapter 5: How Can Financial Institutions Help Out? -- Chapter 6: Recommendations and Conclusion.

This book provides an economic analysis of various aspects of ‘market quality’, a new concept which emerged in the 21st century, using the tools of ‘oligopoly theory’ and ‘auction theory’ that evolved over the 19th and 20th centuries. In the economics literature the link between the...

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms. Examining a cross-section of US airline city pairs, Tabacco proposes for the first time that the industry can be...

This book offers a comparative analysis of how post-crisis restructuring has affected the evolution and prospects of small, locally-oriented banks. The discussion focuses specifically on “small” European countries; that is, countries with diversified banking systems, with a strong presence...

This book underscores the complexity of the equity markets, the challenges they face, and the fact that they are still a work in process. Three interacting forces drive market change: competition, technology change, and regulatory change. The markets have one major objective in particular to...

This book aims to provide a thoroughly updated overview and evaluation of the industrial organization of banking. It examines the interplay among bank behavior, market structure, and regulation from the perspective of a variety of public policy issues, including bank competition and risk, market...

In diesem Buch wird die Konvergenz von Glücks- und Videospielen aus wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Sicht untersucht. Besonders starke Überschneidungen werden bei so genannten Pay-to-Win Videospielen, simuliertem Glücksspiel um Spielgeld, Daily Fantasy Sports, eSport betting und so genannten...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Demand, Technology, and the Theory of the Firm -- Chapter 3 Introductory Game Theory and Economic Information -- Chapter 4 Behavioral Economics -- Chapter 5 Perfect Competition and Market Imperfections -- Chapter 6 Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition --...