Economics of Money, Banking and Finance: A European Text - Couverture souple

Howells, Peter; Bain, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582278007 ISBN 13 : 9780582278004

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 1998

Synopsis

This text has been specially written to meet the needs of students who require a rigorous grounding in financial economic theory, combined with institutional and policy discussion relevant to the "real world" economics of contemporary Europe. With a strong, unifying theoretical perspective, the text contains comprehensive coverage of financial markets, including swaps and derivatives. Assuming a basic grounding in economic principles and a familiarity with the IS/LM model the book is ideally suited for use on a range of one and two semester courses in financial economics and money, banking and finance.

A propos du livre

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“Essential reading for anyone wanting in-depth knowledge of the way financial systems operate around the world, particularly in Europe.” Dr Sugata Ghosh, Brunel University

 

“This book is very comprehensive, clear and student friendly.” Sima Motamen-Samadian, University of Westminster

 

The third edition of The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance is written to meet the needs of students requiring a rigorous grounding in financial economics theory, combined with institutional and policy discussion relevant to the ‘real world’ of contemporary Europe.

 

Key Features

·        Exercises and end-of-chapter questions encourage students to take a genuine interest in financial markets and to develop the skills needed to understand new developments.

·        Includes extensive use of up-to-date examples, explains how to use relevant tables from the Financial Times and indicates many sources of information on the Internet.

·        Separate chapters deal with the financial systems in the UK, the USA, Germany, France, Italy and the Nordic countries.

·        ‘More from the web’ allows students to expand their knowledge and areas of interest.

 

New to this edition

·        Coverage of current issues such as the transparency of monetary policy and the psychological analysis of behaviour in financial markets.

·        Strengthened material on banking and monetary economics.

·        Increased emphasis on the integration of international financial markets, especially within Europe.

·        Redesigned to aid and improve navigation.

 

Assuming a basic grounding in economic principles, The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance is suitable for a range of one and two semester courses at the undergraduate level and appeals to financial services students as well as students of economics.

 

Peter Howells is reader in Economics at the University of the West of England, specialising in monetary and financial economics.

 

Keith Bain is formerly of the University of East London where he specialised in monetary economics and macroeconomic policy.

 

Hans-Michael Trautwein, Professor of International Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany, and Murray Glickman, Principal Lecturer in the East London Business School, University of East London, have also contributed to this edition.

 

 

 

 

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Howells and Bain

The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance

  Building on the strengths of the last edition, the new edition of The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance deals with international issues affecting financial markets. It retains its strong unifying theoretical perspective with a unique comparative survey of financial systems in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Scandinavia and the USA.   It is specifically written to meet the needs of students requiring a rigorous grounding in financial economics theory, combined with institutional and policy discussion relevant to the 'real world' of contemporary Europe.   Key features

• Comprehensive coverage of financial markets.
• Strong unifying theoretical perspective.
• Extensive coverage of major European policy issues relating to both economic theory and monetary integration, and to regulation and innovation in financial markets.

  New to this edition

• Chapters on the US, French, German and Italian systems have been thoroughly updated and revised, to reflect the latest developments in these areas, and provide greater emphasis on the international nature of financial activity.
• An entire new chapter on Scandinavian systems (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish).
• Extensive use of data and articles from the Financial Times reinforces student's understanding and give a real-life framework for the theory.

• A substantially revised and extended chapter on the 'theory' of financial
  institutions.
• The Financial Systems section has been thoroughly overhauled and revised, to produce a treatment of financial institutions to match the existing treatment of markets.

  Assuming a basic grounding in economics principles, this book will be suitable for a range of one and two semester courses in: banking, financial economics, financial services, finance, and money, banking and finance.
  Peter Howells is a Professor at the East London Business School, University of East London, and Keith Bain is Principal Lecturer in the same department. They have both written extensively on financial economics and together are co-authors of Financial Markets and Institutions (Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2000).   Hans-Michael Trautwein, Professor of International Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany, and Murray Glickman,  Principal Lecturer in the East London Business School, University of East London, have also contributed to this edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0582278007
• ISBN 13: 9780582278004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie