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Central banks have over the past few years devoted considerable resource to the study of the economics of payments.

A new era of global banking and insurance is emerging, with leading banks eager to serve international markets.

This book presents the Clarendon Lectures in Finance by one of the leading exponents of financial booms and crises.

The financial crisis, which originated in developed country financial markets, quickly spread to developing countries.

Central banks have over the past few years devoted considerable resource to the study of the economics of payments.

A new era of global banking and insurance is emerging, with leading banks eager to serve international markets.

Investment Banking: Institutions, Politics, and Law provides an economic rationale for the dominant role of investment banks in the capital markets, and uses it to explain both the historical evolution of the investment banking industry and also recent changes to its organization.

This is the first book to explore the causes of the decline of British manufacturing in the 20th century by focusing on the troubled relationship between banks and small firms in a comparative historical perspective.

What causes a financial crisis?

In 2001, the London Stock Exchange will be 200 years old, though its origins go back a century before that.

The Credit Scoring Toolkit provides an all-encompassing view of the use of statistical models to assess retail credit risk and provide automated decisions.

House price bubbles, and their aftermath, have become a focus of macro-economic policy concern in most developed countries.

Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macroeconomic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited.

Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macroeconomic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited.

What role have the financial elites in European societies and markets played over time?

What role have the financial elites in European societies and markets played over time?

The 2008 global financial crisis, together with the experience of de-industrialization across Western Europe over the last three decades, has focussed attention on financial regulation and industrial policy.

Private bankers have been defined as owner-managers of their bank, irrespective of their type of activity, which could be in any field of banking, sometimes in conjunction with another one, especially commerce in the earlier periods.

The Global Financial Crisis made its first appearance in Britain towards the end of 2007 with the failure of the Northern Rock Bank.

The establishment of Banking Union represents a major development in European economic governance and European integration history more generally.

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This edited collection provides the most comprehensive thematic analysis of capital flight from Africa, covering economic and institutional aspects, as well as domestic and global dimensions.

Conquering the Fear of Freedom presents an analytical review of Japanese exchange rate policy from the end of World War II to the present.

Money travels the modern world in disguise.

Money travels the modern world in disguise.

Since 2007, central banks of industrialized countries have counteracted financial instability, recession, and deflationary risks with unprecedented monetary policy operations.

Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' relied on the self-interest of individuals to produce good outcomes.

Banks are of central importance for economic growth, the allocation of capital, competitiveness, and financial stability.

Banks are of central importance for economic growth, the allocation of capital, competitiveness, and financial stability.

Banks and other financial institutions play a fundamental and yet divisive role in the health of any economy.

Banks and other financial institutions play a fundamental and yet divisive role in the health of any economy.

Dramatic failures in individual markets and institutions sparked a global financial crisis that resulted in political, social, and economic unrest.

Dramatic failures in individual markets and institutions sparked a global financial crisis that resulted in political, social, and economic unrest.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

In a world dependent on the constant sharing of information, central bankers increasingly communicate their policies to the mass public.

In a world dependent on the constant sharing of information, central bankers increasingly communicate their policies to the mass public.

In this timely and provocative book, James Stent, a banker with decades of experience in Asian banking and fluency in Chinese language, explains how Chinese banks work, analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, and sets forth the challenges they face in a slowing economy.

In this timely and provocative book, James Stent, a banker with decades of experience in Asian banking and fluency in Chinese language, explains how Chinese banks work, analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, and sets forth the challenges they face in a slowing economy.

This book argues that focusing on the green economy and green finance is essential to counteract the catastrophic, socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These two volumes were written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bank of Israel.

Howard Bodenhorn's State Banking in Early America studies the financial experimentation that took place in the United States between 1790 and 1860.

Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s.

Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s.

Central banks play an important role in the course of national economies and the global economy.

Central banks play an important role in the course of national economies and the global economy.

All investments carry with them some degree of risk.