Case Studies in Islamic Banking and Finance is a pioneering resource that provides practical insights into the real world of Islamic financial transactions, and illustrates the complexities of this rapidly growing mode of modern finance. Based around 12 individual cases, the book stimulates...

The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- An Accident? -- This Book -- Financial Regulation Matters -- Some Final Introductory Remarks -- Road Map -- Chapter 2. Regulating Finance Is Hard to Do -- Introduction -- Shareholders versus Debt Holders: The Essence...

Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance is a succinct guide to the key characteristics of Islamic banking highlighting how these differ from conventional banking. This detailed book illustrates how Islamic banking is consistent with the Sharia'a, a key element of which is the prohibition on...

Intro -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface/Justification -- FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A LESS-THAN- PERFECT ECONOMY -- WHY THIS BOOK? -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Setting the Context -- THE PROBLEM WITH UNCRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN A LESS-THAN-PERFECT ECONOMY -- THE PROBLEM...

Introduction: innovative finance and the visible hand -- Climate change: REDD forests, green bonds, and the price of climate finance -- Health care: medicine for market failure -- Financial inclusion and access to capital -- Redefining risk, response, and resilience towards a new disaster...

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Notes on Contributors -- Editors -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Trends and Trades -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 A trend-based trading strategy -- 1.3 CUSUM timing -- 1.4 Example: Random walk on ticks -- 1.5 CUSUM strategy Monte Carlo -- 1.6 The...

Preface -- The post-crisis regulatory landscape : an overview -- Regulatory issues in the aftermath of the crisis -- Financial regulation as a response to corruption and fraud -- The war on regulation : REH, WC, GM and all that -- The efficient market hypothesis as a weapon of mass destruction...

A detailed study of the terms of international loan documentation with comprehensive explanations of the purpose of the provisions and of areas which may require negotiation and with an emphasis on the wording of the Loan Market Association documents. This work covers term loans and revolving...