Information costs and regulatory barriers are the main distinguishing features of international financial markets as compared to national financial markets. This paper presents a simple model of the impact of these factors on banks' cross-border activities and provides empirical evidence. Our...

1 The exchange industry: recent facts and the current scenario -- 2 The functions and economics of the exchange markets -- 3 Strategic patterns of exchanges -- 4 The surge of alternative players in the trading field -- 5 The governance of exchanges -- 6 Regulation on exchanges: new threats and...

This book advocates a holistic reform of the current monetary and financial system dealing with the issues of money creation, central banks, loans, stock markets, tax justice, pension security and the international monetary system - “Bretton Woods II”. Its innovative approach presents...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Jocelyn Pixley; 1. Sovereign nations and the governance of international finance Renate Mayntz; 2. Coping with the dangerous component of capital flows and Asia's ineffective cooperation Iwan Azis; 3. How mobile capital plays off democracy - the Euro...