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Financial Innovation and Resilience : A Comparative Perspective on the Public Banks of Naples (1462-1808)
Costabile, Lilia (ed.); Neal, Larry (ed.) - 2018
This edited volume focuses specifically on the theme of financial innovation and how financial resiliency was achieved in Naples. To highlight both the achievements of the public banks of Naples and their lessons for financial resiliency, the book focuses on financial crises and how they were...
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From Crisis to Crisis : The Transformation of Merchant Banking, 1914–1939
O'Sullivan, Brian - 2018
From Crisis to Crisis examines the impact of the harsh conditions of the interwar economy on the British merchant banks. The financial crises of 1914 and 1931 are assessed using primary sources. The competitive threats, including the rise of New York as a rival financial centre, are considered....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397003
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Regulation and Instability in U.S. Commercial Banking : A History of Crises
Hendrickson, Jill M. - 2011
The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053885
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes : A History of Financial Crises
Aliber, Robert Z.; Kindleberger, Charles P. - 2015 - Seventh Edition
This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402206
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Tax Progression in OECD Countries : An Integrative Analysis of Tax Schedules and Income Distributions
Seidl, Christian - 2013
Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression -- Theories: Local Measures -- Global Measures -- Uniform Measures -- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries -- Numerical Results -- Statistical Tests -- Progression Intensity
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016106
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Preisbildung von Arzneimitteln im internationalen Vergleich
Drabinski, Thomas - 2008
-- Preisbildung von Arzneimitteln im internationalen Vergleich: Ordnungspolitischer Rahmen -- Internationale Preisdifferenzierung in … Patienten. Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen Preisbildungsstrategien der Vergleichsländer Deutschland …, Frankreich, Italien, Schweiz, Niederlande, Spanien, Großbritannien, Australien, Kanada, USA und Japan. Insbesondere werden frei …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015068
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Country-Specific Effects of Reputation : A Cross-Country Comparison of Online Auction Markets
Schlägel, Christopher - 2011
Electronic markets have grown rapidly in recent years. One of the largest markets on the Internet is the online auction platform eBay that is active in more than 40 countries and has more than 80 million active users. In order to reduce the problems caused by information asymmetries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015276
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Financial Structures and Regulation: A Comparison of Crises in the UK, USA and Italy
Roselli, Alessandro - 2012
A survey of past financial crises, starting with the great banking collapses of the interwar period. The current turmoil has prompted a number of questions regarding both its origins and ways to avoid its repetition. The historical background and the evolving institutional framework of banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053960
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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I : Four Paths to an Industrialized World
McNabb, David E. - 2016
A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396697
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Business and the Euro : Business Groups and the Politics of EMU in Germany and the United Kingdom
Duckenfield, Mark - 2006
This book explores how British and German business associations formed their political attitudes towards Economic and Monetary Union between 1988 and 1998. With provocative argument and unique insight, it demonstrates how business associations are political entities in their own right, acting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054250