Leading historians examine how financial innovations have challenged established institutional arrangements from the seventeenth century to the present.
Leading historians examine how financial innovations have challenged established institutional arrangements from the seventeenth century to the present.
This volume presents a broad investigation into the relationship between the centre and the periphery in banking.
Intended for Junior/Senior/MBA course in Financial Markets, Capital Markets and Institutions. Using an international focus, this text integrates the financial markets with the activities of financial intermediaries. This approach enables...
"The last decade has witnessed widespread deregulation in major international financial centres and an increased globalization of financial activities. This phenomenon, which raises the question of the relationship between finance...
This book investigates how development institutions created and promoted marketized development financial instruments to increase the speed and scope of assistance by leveraging private financial markets for development objectives.
This title begins its description of how we created a financially-intergrated world by first examining the history of financial globalization, from Roman practices and Ottoman finance to Chinese standards, the beginnings of corporate ...
Second edition of a successful textbook that provides an insightful analysis of the world financial system.
"Modern economic growth, defined as a sustained rise in per capita income (Kuznets 1966C001-025), has created higher levels of prosperity for many more people on earth than was ever thought possible before it began.
This book discusses some of the lessons drawn from the past that may help practitioners when thinking about their portfolios.
Beneficial results eventually emerged, but the rise and spread of capitalism has not been easy or smooth. This definitive volume will have widespread appeal amongst historians, economists, and political scientists.