Die Lissabon-Agenda von 2010 zielt darauf ab, den Non Cash-Zahlungsverkehr innerhalb von Europa zu harmonisieren und zu liberalisieren. Die PSD- und SEPA-bedingte Transformation des Kartengeschäfts soll zu einer künftigen Steigerung des Wohlfahrtseffekts für alle Marktteilnehmer führen, was...

Grundlagen -- Vorbemerkungen -- Empirie des Zahlungsverkehrs -- Die Neugestaltung des europäischen Zahlungsverkehrs -- Der einheitliche europäische Zahlungsraum — SEPA -- Die Vision eines einheitlichen Euro-Zahlungsraums -- Die analytische Basis des einheitlichen Zahlungsraums -- Interchange...

Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. This volume explores the origins and persistence of this system, presenting the viewpoint of several of the main protagonists in the operation of the currency...

Khan presents a theory of financial crises in the age of globalization from an evolutionary perspective and suggests policies that may be necessary for averting or managing new financial crises. Starting with the Asian financial crises, he identifies new types of financial crises that result...

As the real economy is increasingly digitalized, banking lags behind. It is thus not well placed to support the new economy. The book provides some perspective on the changes taking place, identifying the systemic weaknesses in the traditional financial infrastructure, and proposing some radical...

The book investigates the contemporary functioning of financial institutions and monetary policies in order to assess their effects in different economic situations. It advances some proposals to improve their contribution towards a more stable and vigorous economy in the context of both...

At the beginning of the transition process, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe faced the task of creating a functioning financial system where none had existed before. A decade later, high-level practitioners and well-known experts take stock of banking and monetary policy in the...

The analysis in this book reflects various aspects of financial sector transformation in selected Central European countries that are expected to join the EU in 2004. The authors are Central European financial experts who provide, among other things, a detailed overview of the following main...