Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias rejects the notion that credit rating agencies' rigorous and transparent determination of ratings leaves no room for bias, and debunks the myth that the value CRAs place on their reputational capital precludes prolonged biases. To determine the extent of...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the on-going Greek debt crisis. It identifies and explains Greece’s idiosyncratic weaknesses, and highlights the existing rigidities in the EU architecture that make the recovery prospects of the Greek economy challenging. Chapters from expert...

This book is the result of an international comparative study of corporate governance begun in 2002, and provides analysis of the issue as it applies to management, moral hazards, accounting practices, and the institutional investor from both a Japanese and a global perspective. The study...

This book challenges the generally accepted theories of classical economics, explaining why the expected utility theory, even if it were true, fails to be of much help in solving economic controversies

Susan Pulham und Michael Deeken analysieren die Rationalität und mit ihr verbundene Einschränkungen am Beispiel von (privaten) Anlegern. Die AutorInnen geben zuerst einen Überblick über verschiedene Rationalitätsverständnisse in der soziologischen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen...

The Business of Motion Picture Production and Distribution -- Co-Financing Film Projects with External Investors -- Principal Agent Problems in Co-Financing Relationships -- Empirical Investigation of Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard -- Managerial Implications and Developments in the...