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Financial markets and institutions

Frederic S. Mishkin ; contributing author, Stanley G. Eakins

(The Addison-Wesley series in finance)

Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c2000

3rd ed.

  • : International ed

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

Fast becoming a market leader, the text emphasizes basic principles and organizes students' thinking about the structure, function, and management of markets and institutions. Whereas other texts are highly descriptive, Financial Markets and Institutions incorporates the financial practitioner's approach through its emphasis on an applied managerial perspective For the UG and MBA course in Financial Markets and Institutions and Money and Capital markets.sian financial crises, recent developments in financial consolidation, the newly-created European Central Bank, and the U.S. debate over social security.

Table of Contents

1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions? 2. An Overview of the Financial System. II. PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS. 3. Understanding Interest Rates. 4. The Behavior of Interest Rates. 5. The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates. 6. The Theory of Efficient Capital Markets. III. CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY. 7. The Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System. 8. The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Tools, Goals, and Targets. IV. FINANCIAL MARKETS. 9. The Money Markets. 10. The Capital Markets. 11. The Morgage Markets. 12. The Foreign Exchange Market. 13. The International Financial System. V. THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRY. 14. The Theory of Financial Structure. 15. The Banking Firm and Bank Management. 16. The Commercial Banking Industry: Structure and Competition. 17. Thrifts: Savings and Loans and Credit Unions. 18. Banking Regulation. 19. Pension and Insurance Companies. 20. Finance Companies and Financial Conglomerates. 21. Securities Markets and Firms. V. THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 22. Risk Management in Financial Institutions. 23. Hedging with Financial Derivatives I: Forwards and Futures. 24. Hedging with Financial Derivatives II: Options and Swaps.

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  • NCID
    BA45288062
  • ISBN
    • 0321050649
    • 0321077210
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Reading, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    1 v. (various pagings)
  • Size
    24 cm
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