Using simple but rigorously defined mathematical models, Thomas Quint and Martin Shubik explore monetary control in a simple exchange economy. Examining how money enters, circulates, and exits an economy, they consider the nature of trading systems and the role of government authority in the...

Überall muss gespart werden und Geld ist sowieso knapp – darüber scheinen sich Politiker:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen sich einig zu sein. Debatten um öffentliche Finanzen, Wirtschafts- und Geldpolitik schienen dieses Mantra immer wieder zu wiederholen. Jedoch lässt sich ganz einfach und...

Chapter1 Overview of Zhongguancun Listed Companies in 2017 -- Chapter2 The Market Performance of ZLCs in 2017 -- Chapter3 Profitability of ZLCs in 2017 -- Chapter4 Debt Paying Abilities of ZLCs in 2017 -- Chapter5 Operating Capability of ZLCs in 2017 -- Chapter6 Innovation Capabilities of ZLCs...

Trading floors are a thing of the past. Thanks to a combination of computers, high-speed networks and algorithms, millions of financial transactions now happen in fractions of a second. This book studies the automation of stock markets in the United Kingdom and the United States of America,...

This book examines the various policy options open to the ten countries of the region for improving and diversifying their financial resources. The Asian financial crisis exposed the vulnerabilities of Southeast Asia’s bank-based finance sector, and illustrated the pressing need to develop a...

Biographical note: Andrew W. Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A. Craig MacKinlay is Joseph P. Wargrove Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. With John Y. Campbell, they...

Writing in the June 1965 issue of theEconomic Journal, Harry G. Johnson begins with a sentence seemingly calibrated to the scale of the book he set himself to review: "The long-awaited monetary history of the United States by Friedman and Schwartz is in every sense of the term a monumental...