European financial systems in the global economy
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European financial systems in the global economy
John Wiley & Sons, c2005
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  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-245) and index
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
European Financial Systems in the Global Economy provides an overview of sources of finance, types of financial intermediation and financial systems in Europe and their relative importance in the world economy. It describes market mechanisms and prices and gives a broad introduction to the relevant regional financial and monetary issues (including those countries that will join the EU in the future) and makes an ideal primer for those new to the world of finance.
Table of Contents
About the Author. 1. Introduction
2. European financial markets in history
3. Market structures
3.1. Financial systems, markets and intermediaries
3.2. Financial market typology
3.2.1. Non-tradables and non-transferables
3.2.2. Securities
Fixed-income markets
Equity markets
3.2.3. Derivatives
3.3. Financial systems in Europe
3.3.1. Bank-based systems
3.3.2. Market-based systems
3.3.3. Financial systems in Eastern Europe
3.4. External markets
3.4.1. Euromarkets
3.4.2. Offshore centres
3.4.3. Virtual market places
4. European financial markets in the world economy
4.1. Banks
4.2 Exchanges
4.3. Venture capital
4.4. Payment, clearing and settlement systems
5. Market mechanisms and prices
5.1 Diversification, hedging and arbitrage
5.2. Market dynamics and the role of expectations
5.3. Price patterns
6. Policy Issues
6.1. Policy targets
6.2 Policy cooperation.
6.3 EMU and financial integration.
7. Conclusions.
Appendix A: Bill of Exchange as Medieval Credit Instrument.
Appendix B: The Tobin Tax.
Appendix C: CFA Franc Zone.
Appendix D: Rating Agencies.
Appendix E: Optimum Currency Area.
Appendix F: Luxembourg.
Appendix G: Nonlinearities.
Appendix H: Value at Risk.
Appendix I: Legend to the FESE Diagram of the European Exchanges.
References.
Index.
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