The establishment of new accounting rules for expensing options would likely do more harm than good.

Requiring companies to expense options in the absence of any satisfactory method to evaluate their costs would be inconsistent with the principles and objectives of accounting.

This study providesa comprehensive description of the global insurance industry and details the current state of international agreements that govern trade in insurance.

This monograph is a critical and constructive response to the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision for reforming international bank capital standards.

This book discusses banking, insurance, and securities regulation, as well as issues in consumer finance and electronic commerce.

Today's knowledge-based economy requires an entirely new system of assessing the value of companies--a system tapping the vast communication capabilities of the Internet.

This study explains why financial services have for centuries been regulated to a greater extent than are most products that do not directly affect people's health or safety.

The financial safety net constructed in the 1930s may be the single most destabilizing influence in the financial system.

This study outlines the compelling case for widespread deregulation of property-liability insurance rates and forms.

This booktraces the origins of GSEs, contrasts investor-owned and cooperative GSEs, and examines such issues as activities and the quality of oversight.