It is widely asserted, outside Japan, that the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is the direct result of stringent Japanese protectionist policies.
It is widely asserted, outside Japan, that the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is the direct result of stringent Japanese protectionist policies.
As the world's financial markets become increasingly integrated and competitive Financial Systems: Principals and Organization offers an explanation of how and why change occurs.
As the world's financial markets become increasingly integrated and competitive Financial Systems: Principals and Organization offers an explanation of how and why change occurs.
The BRICS countries are heralded for their double digit economic growth rates and while this has indeed been impressive, particularly in India and China, it is clear that significant social and environmental fault-lines have developed in these regions.
The BRICS countries are heralded for their double digit economic growth rates and while this has indeed been impressive, particularly in India and China, it is clear that significant social and environmental fault-lines have developed in these regions.
The International Monetary Fund is the centre of a global financial system that encourages budgetary discipline and full integration into world trade to facilitate development and alleviate poverty.
The International Monetary Fund is the centre of a global financial system that encourages budgetary discipline and full integration into world trade to facilitate development and alleviate poverty.
This volume provides an in-depth review of major economic developments in those economies which are in some stage of transition, following the collapse of communism in the Eastern block.
This volume provides an in-depth review of major economic developments in those economies which are in some stage of transition, following the collapse of communism in the Eastern block.
The increased volatility of interest rates during recent years and the corresponding introduction of a variety of interest rate derivative securities like bond options, futures and embedded options in mortgages, underlines the need for a comprehensive financial theory to determine values of fixed income instruments and derivative securities consistently.
The increased volatility of interest rates during recent years and the corresponding introduction of a variety of interest rate derivative securities like bond options, futures and embedded options in mortgages, underlines the need for a comprehensive financial theory to determine values of fixed income instruments and derivative securities consistently.
For two decades thinking on economic policy has been dominated by the idea of economic liberalization in general and financial deregulation in particular.
In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.
In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.
This book considers the treatment of equilibrium by several of the most important schools of thought in economics, including:* neoclassical economics,* the neo-Ricardian economics,* Post-Keynesian economics - both those who follow Joan Robinson in denying any interpretative role to equilibrium in economic theorizing and those who use the notion of equilibrium, but re-defined from a Classical or Keynesian perspective.
This book considers the treatment of equilibrium by several of the most important schools of thought in economics, including:* neoclassical economics,* the neo-Ricardian economics,* Post-Keynesian economics - both those who follow Joan Robinson in denying any interpretative role to equilibrium in economic theorizing and those who use the notion of equilibrium, but re-defined from a Classical or Keynesian perspective.
This wide-ranging, up-to-date and detailed account of all aspects of public economics covers topics as varied as:* classical theorems of welfare economics* the theory of public expenditure* the effects of taxation on savings, labour supply investment and risk-taking* commodity, income and expenditure taxation* public sector and cost-benefit analysis* fiscal federalism.
This wide-ranging, up-to-date and detailed account of all aspects of public economics covers topics as varied as:* classical theorems of welfare economics* the theory of public expenditure* the effects of taxation on savings, labour supply investment and risk-taking* commodity, income and expenditure taxation* public sector and cost-benefit analysis* fiscal federalism.
Rpresentative agent models have become a predominant means of studying the macroeconomy in modern economics without there being much discussion in the literature about their propriety or usefulness.
Rpresentative agent models have become a predominant means of studying the macroeconomy in modern economics without there being much discussion in the literature about their propriety or usefulness.
Drawing on the work of the Austrian School and its heirs, Capital in Disequilibrium develops a modern, systematic version of capital theory in order to suggest a new approach to the subject of economics.