Islamic economics and finance have increased in importance over the last few decades, with new Islamic financial institutions opening up and a number of important books published on the topic. This glossary, fully updated and revised for the new edition, uses easy to understand language to introduce terms used by Muslim scholars, historians and legal experts. The book covers terms from Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Malaysian and English sources whilst covering the Islamic side of such terms as taxation, banking, insurance, accounting, and auditing. The book's unassuming yet comprehensive...
Islamic economics and finance have increased in importance over the last few decades, with new Islamic financial institutions opening up and a number ...
The book brings together internationally respected specialists from economics, history and political science such as Harold James, Louis Pauly and Kenneth Moure. First providing a short history of money doctors, the book then goes on to cover such themes as: *the IMF and policy advice *the Russian experience *contemporary money doctors. The book shows that there is still a long way to go before international financial advice develops into something that is truly helpful in the long term."
The book brings together internationally respected specialists from economics, history and political science such as Harold James, Louis Pauly and Ken...
Financial crises have dogged the international monetary system over recent years. They have impoverished millions of people around the world, especially within developing countries. And they have called into question the very process of globalization. Yet there remains no intellectual consensus on how best to avert such crises, much less resolve them. Policymakers stand at a cross-roads. This volume summarises and evaluates these issues, drawing on contributions by prominent international experts in the field.
Financial crises have dogged the international monetary system over recent years. They have impoverished millions of people around the world, especial...
As globalization progresses, exchange rates have become increasingly wedded to internal and external economic policies. This edited collection tackles four key questions in this important and growing area: How much emphasis should be placed on the exchange rate when setting policy? *What is the success or otherwise, of different approaches to modeling exchange rates? *What determines capital flows and their impact? *What should policy makers do about monetary policy and capital flows? It is well understood that within open economies the choice of exchange rate, capital mobility and monetary...
As globalization progresses, exchange rates have become increasingly wedded to internal and external economic policies. This edited collection tackles...
Monetary policy has been at the center of economic research from the early stages of economic thought, but payment system research has attracted increased academic attention only in the past decade.
Institutional Change in the Payments System and MonetaryPolicy initiates research on the interdependence of institutional change in the payments system and monetary policy, examining the different channels via which payment systems affect monetary policy. This volume explores important themes such as:...
Monetary policy has been at the center of economic research from the early stages of economic thought, but payment system research has attracted in...
This book examines the present status, recent tax reforms and planned tax policies in some South and East Asia countries since the 1990s. The evidence is presented in a user friendly manner, but at the same time uses technically sophisticated methods. The main countries studied are China, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand.
It is unique for being the first systematic treatment of the topic: hitherto, the information available has been widely dispersed and difficult to access. It should prove to be a natural companion to two previous books on taxation published by...
This book examines the present status, recent tax reforms and planned tax policies in some South and East Asia countries since the 1990s. The evidence...
A mixture of academic and practitioner research, this is the most detailed book available that provides an account of open market operations. With broad international appeal it includes discussions of central bank operations in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan.
Exploring the effectiveness of short-term interest rates and other modern central bank activities in monetary policy and the effect of structural changes in the securities markets and greater liquidity upon them, this volume represents a unique exchange of views between central bankers. It covers a range of topics...
A mixture of academic and practitioner research, this is the most detailed book available that provides an account of open market operations. With bro...
While recent developments in monetary theory have been fast to spread to policy analysis and practice and the media, the same is not true of fiscal policy, and a void has emerged. Issues such as timing, cyclical adjustments, long-term sustainability, and social implications are often seen as detached from discussions in the public arena. This book fills this gap. It delivers a keen assessment of the role and scope of current fiscal policy. New contributions and critical reviews of state of the art research analyze fiscal policy in terms of viability, potency, consequences and...
While recent developments in monetary theory have been fast to spread to policy analysis and practice and the media, the same is not true of fiscal...
Analysises tax systems and tax reforms in several Latin American countries since the early 1990's, including Argentina and Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. This book presents and discusses tax systems from a quantitativ
Analysises tax systems and tax reforms in several Latin American countries since the early 1990's, including Argentina and Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexi...
Economic literature pays a great deal of attention to the performance of banks, expressed in terms of competition, concentration, efficiency, productivity and profitability. This book provides an all-embracing framework for the various existing theories in this area and illustrates these theories with practical applications.
Evaluating a broad field of research, the book describes a profit maximizing bank and demonstrates how several widely-used models can be fitted into this framework. The authors also present an overview of the current major trends in banking and relate them to the...
Economic literature pays a great deal of attention to the performance of banks, expressed in terms of competition, concentration, efficiency, produ...
