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Exchange Traded Funds as an Investment Option
ISBN: 9781349516254 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) are a relatively new open- ended investment vehicle. Launched in 1993, their appeal as an important and unique financial product has compelled institutional and retail investors to look anew at their almost endless possibilities. This has led to their dramatic expansion. Meziani draws from his academic and corporate expertise to straddle both theory and practice. Using this book, practitioners, academics and students alike will find a thorough explanation of the theoretical ideas underlying ETF's, along with their detailed analysis, communicated in practical and...
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) are a relatively new open- ended investment vehicle. Launched in 1993, their appeal as an important and unique financial...
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Aspects of Modern Monetary and Macroeconomic Policies
ISBN: 9781349283545 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within the New Consensus Macroeconomics, monetary policy is upgraded while fiscal policy is downgraded. This new monetary policy has been the main instrument of policy under the guise of inflation targeting, an approach pursued by a number of central banks worldwide. This book raises problems relating to this new monetary and macroeconomic policy.
Within the New Consensus Macroeconomics, monetary policy is upgraded while fiscal policy is downgraded. This new monetary policy has been the main ins...
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Central Banks and Coded Language: Risks and Benefits
ISBN: 9781349312672 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language.
This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a parti...
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The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System from the Late 19th Century to the Present: Actors, Networks, Power
ISBN: 9781349455195 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction of this precious metal to its consumption.
Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th cen...
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Venture Capital, Islamic Finance and Smes: Valuation, Structuring and Monitoring Practices in India
ISBN: 9781349518555 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how the venture capital sector supports growth and development of SMEs. The text draws from major international empirical studies in Indian and Islamic industries to analyse techniques used by venture capitalists to value, structure and monitor investments. This book is essential for students, policy makers and practitioners.
This book explores how the venture capital sector supports growth and development of SMEs. The text draws from major international empirical studies i...
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Alternative Investments and the Mismanagement of Risk
ISBN: 9781349510269 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Investors beware' is good advice in any situation, especially when dealing with the control of risk and alternative investments. In this book Chorafas has uncovered the hidden risks behind alternative investments through extensive research in the US, UK, Germany France, Italy Scandinavia and Switzerland. He also provides solutions to the problems identified. This book is particularly important in light of recent scandals such as Enron and WorldCom.
'Investors beware' is good advice in any situation, especially when dealing with the control of risk and alternative investments. In this book Chorafa...
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Estimating SMEs Cost of Equity Using a Value at Risk Approach: The Capital at Risk Model
ISBN: 9781349482344 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As well as reviewing traditional models, this book proposes an alternative model for estimating the cost of risk capital. This model, known as CaRM (Capital at Risk Model), bases the cost estimate of risk capital on VaR (Value at Risk) for the very first time. This book is an ideal resource for developing valuation research in SMEs.
As well as reviewing traditional models, this book proposes an alternative model for estimating the cost of risk capital. This model, known as CaRM (C...
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Eighteenth-Century Vitalism: Bodies, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9781349325078 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s.
This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in ph...
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The Economics, Regulation, and Systemic Risk of Insurance Markets
ISBN: 9780198788812 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macro-economic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited. The core motivation for publishing this book is to bring together academics, regulators, and industry experts to provide a multifaceted array of research and perspectives on insurance, its role and functioning, and the potential systemic risk it could create.
The first part discusses the macro-economic role of insurance and how insurance is different from banking and general... Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macro-econ...
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21st Century Keynesian Economics
ISBN: 9781349314195 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The current global financial and economic crisis has called for the revival of Keynesian theory. This sixth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series focuses on twenty first century Keynesian economics in terms of both theory and application.
The current global financial and economic crisis has called for the revival of Keynesian theory. This sixth volume in the International Papers in Poli...
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Financial Institutions and Markets: 2007-2008 -- The Year of Crisis
ISBN: 9781349381937 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally.
This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both i...
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Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression: The Myth of Benjamin Strong as Decisive Leader
ISBN: 9781349476152 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression challenges Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz's now consensus view that the high tide of the Federal Reserve System in the 1920s was due to the leadership skills of Benjamin Strong, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression challenges Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz's now consensus view that the high tide of the Fede...
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Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
ISBN: 9780544947283 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation.- -- Guardian -Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation.- -- Guardian |
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Peer-To-Peer Lending with Chinese Characteristics: Development, Regulation and Outlook
ISBN: 9781138234598 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literature on China's finance in the West has focused on "financial repression" in its highly regulated financial markets. However, fundamental changes in China's financial system are underway and China's peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is now the largest in the world. This book uses exclusive researches, interviews and surveys to bring readers a clear picture of the rapidly developing P2P lending industry in China. It is comprised of two parts. The first part is a comprehensive analysis of China's P2P lending industry. It outlines the factors behind the meteoric rise of P2P... Literature on China's finance in the West has focused on "financial repression" in its highly regulated financial markets. However, fundamental cha... |
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Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh
ISBN: 9781464808944 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The recent past has witnessed phenomenal growth in microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. Today, as many as 200 million people are beneficiaries of microfinance. With its worldwide attention, microfinance has also received serious criticism, including that it is a fad with less-than-expected benefits for the poor. Surely, microfinance is not without limitations. Yet the premise of improving access by the poor to financial services for consumption smoothing has never been a subject of controversy. What has been controversial is whether microfinance can alleviate poverty. That the...
The recent past has witnessed phenomenal growth in microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. Today, as many as 200 million people are benefic...
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The Management of Consumer Credit: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781349315468 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explains how financial institutions, such as banks and finance houses, manage their portfolios of credit cards, loans, mortgages and other types of retail credit agreements. The second edition has been substantially updated, with new chapters on capital requirements, Basel II, scorecard and portfolio monitoring.
This book explains how financial institutions, such as banks and finance houses, manage their portfolios of credit cards, loans, mortgages and other t...
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Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance
ISBN: 9781349363667 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Financial institutions are increasingly providing Islamic financial contracts in global markets. As a result of this market growth there is a high demand to understand how to assess and manage the risks arising from applying Islamic financial products and services. Credit, operational, market and liquidity risks together with the risk of non compliance with the Shariah law are becoming very hot issues for financial institutions. This book presents a common framework on how to efficiently manage the risks faced.
Financial institutions are increasingly providing Islamic financial contracts in global markets. As a result of this market growth there is a high dem...
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Open Issues in European Central Banking
ISBN: 9781349418138 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the start of EMU, the Eurosystem has taken over monetary policy for the 11 countries of the Euro-area. But the division of powers within the Eurosystem, between the European Central Bank and the constituent National Central Banks, is not satisfactory. This volume provides an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Eurosystem and offers concrete proposals concerning the decision-making organs, balance sheets and the distribution of seigniorage.
With the start of EMU, the Eurosystem has taken over monetary policy for the 11 countries of the Euro-area. But the division of powers within the Euro...
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Salvage Ethnography in the Scottish Financial Sector: Protecting the Brand
ISBN: 9780719087998 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contributes to our understanding of the stereotypes and mutual perceptions that shape Scottish and English national identities, while using the interpenetrating national and organisational contexts to critically examine the concept of culture. The book explores the merger between the Bank of Scotland and Halifax, revisiting ethnographic data collected in 2001-2 from the perspective of the present - that is, after the global financial crisis around 2008 and the associated devastating effects on several banks. This book contributes to our understanding of the stereotypes and mutual perceptions that shape Scottish and English national identities, while usi... |
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The Growth and Role of UK Financial Institutions, 1880-1966
ISBN: 9781138865228 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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