{"title":"Banking","description":"Books on the subject of Banking","products":[{"product_id":"regional-monetary-integration-hardback-9780521862509","title":"Regional Monetary Integration (Hardback) 9780521862509","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRegional Monetary Integration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book surveys the prospects for regional monetary integration in various parts of the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter B. Kenen (Author), Ellen E. Meade (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521862509, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 10 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book surveys the prospects for regional monetary integration in various parts of the world. Beginning with a brief review of the theory of optimal currency areas, it goes on to examine the structure and functioning of the European Monetary Union, then turns to the prospects for monetary integration elsewhere in the world - North America, South America, and East Asia. Such cooperation may take the form of full-fledged monetary unions or looser forms of monetary cooperation. The book emphasizes the economic and institutional requirements for successful monetary integration, including the need for a single central bank in the case of a full-fledged monetary union, and the corresponding need for multinational institutions to safeguard its independence and assure its accountability. The book concludes with a chapter on the implications of monetary integration for the United States and the US dollar.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The forms, costs, and benefits of currency consolidation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The European Monetary Union\u003cbr\u003e 4. Monetary arrangements and economic performance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Monetary union in the Americas?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Monetary integration in East Asia\u003cbr\u003e 7. 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Volumes 2A and 2B, which follows Nobel laureate Clive Granger's Volume 1 (2006), concentrate on two major subjects.  Volume 2A covers innovations in methodologies, specifically macroforecasting and forecasting financial variables.  Volume 2B investigates commercial applications, with sections on forecasters' objectives and methodologies.  Experts provide surveys of a large range of literature scattered across applied and theoretical statistics journals as well as econometrics and empirical economics journals.  \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Economic Forecasting\u003c\/i\u003e Volumes 2A and 2B provide a unique compilation of chapters giving a coherent overview of forecasting theory and applications in one place and with up-to-date accounts of all major conceptual issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Inflation:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Faust and Jonathan Wright (Johns Hopkins University) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDSGE Model-Based Forecasting:\u003c\/b\u003e Marco Del Negro (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Output:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcelle Chauvet (University of California, Riverside) and Simon Potter (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNowcasting and the Real Time Data Flow:\u003c\/b\u003e Marta Banbura (European Central Bank), Domenico Giannone (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Michele Modugno (University Libre de Bruxelles), and Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting and Policy Making:\u003c\/b\u003e Volker Wieland and Maik Wolters (Goethe University, Frankfurt)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Stock Returns:\u003c\/b\u003e David Rapach (St. Louis University) and Guofu Zhou (Washington University at St Louis)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Interest Rates:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Duffee (Johns Hopkins University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting the Price of Oil:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Alquist (Bank of Canada), Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan),and Robert J. Vigfusson (Federal Reserve Board)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Real Estate Prices:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Ghysels (University of North Carolina), Alberto Plazzi (Lugano), Rossen Valkanov (University of California, San Diego) and Walter Torous (University of California, Los Angeles)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting with Option-Implied Information:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Christoffersen (University of Toronto), Kris Jacobs (University of Houston), and Bo Young Chang (Bank of Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePrediction Markets for Economic Forecasting:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Snowberg (Caltech), Justin Wolfers (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), and Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth College)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasters’ Objectives and Strategies:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Marinovich (Stanford University), Marco Ottaviani (Northwestern University and Bocconi), and Peter Sorensen (University of Copenhagen)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Exchange Rates: an Investor Perspective:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Melvin, John Prins, and Duncan Shand (BlackRock)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVariable Selection in Predictive Regressions:\u003c\/b\u003e Serena Ng (Columbia University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting with Bayesian Vector Autoregressions: \u003c\/b\u003eSune Karlsson (Orebro University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCopula Methods for Forecasting Multivariate Time Series:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Patton (Duke University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQuantile Prediction:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivana Komunjer (University of California, San Diego) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePanel Data Forecasting:\u003c\/b\u003e Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Binary Outcomes:\u003c\/b\u003e Kajal Lahiri and Liu Yang (State University of New York, Albany)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdvances in Forecast Evaluation:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Clark (Kansas Fed) and Michael McCracken (St. Louis Fed)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdvances in Forecasting under Instability:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Rossi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic forecasting [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic forecasting\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20forecasting%20%5BKCJ%5D%22\"\u003eKCJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Econometrics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Econometrics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Econometrics%20%5BKCH%5D%22\"\u003eKCH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"North Holland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648102715672,"sku":"9780444536839","price":92.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780444536839_35a7a7b6-cc71-4979-8755-473562b4a65a.jpg?v=1694987229"},{"product_id":"contemporary-financial-intermediation-hardback-9780124052086","title":"Contemporary Financial Intermediation (Hardback) 9780124052086","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary Financial Intermediation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaches the logic behind the shifting relationships among financial institutions, markets, and regulations for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart I. Greenbaum (Author), Anjan V. Thakor (Author), Arnoud W. A. Boot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780124052086, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e490 pages\u003cbr\u003e27.6 x 21.5 x 3 cm, 1.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The landscape of banking is undergoing fundamental changes, with the emergence of new financial technologies and regulations and the rise of non-banks. 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The revised version of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Financial Intermediation\u003c\/i\u003e provides an integrated framework for understanding and analyzing these changes.  It is a must read for finance students, regulators and policy makers.\"—\u003cb\u003eDeniz Anginer, The World Bank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Financial Intermediation, \u003c\/i\u003e4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition by Greenbaum, Thakor, and Boot continues to offer a distinctive approach to the study of financial markets and institutions by presenting an integrated portrait that puts information and economic reasoning at the core. Instead of primarily naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as is common, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Financial Intermediation \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the subtlety, plasticity and fragility of financial institutions and credit markets. In this new edition every chapter has been updated and pedagogical supplements have been enhanced. For the financial sector, the best preprofessional training explains the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators evolve they do, why we suffer recurring financial crises occur and how we typically react to them. Our textbook demands more in terms of quantitative skills and analysis, but its ability to teach about the forces shaping the financial world is unmatched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Background\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 1. Basic Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. 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Bank Capital Structure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII. Financial Crises \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 14. The 2007–2009 Financial Crisis and Other Financial Crises\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII. Bank Regulation\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 15. Objectives of Bank RegulationChapter 16. Milestones in Banking Legislation and Regulatory Reform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX. Financial Innovation\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 17. The Evolution of Banks and Markets and the Role of Financial Innovation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X. The Future\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 18. 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Their \u003cbr\u003eprefaces contain excellent summaries of the current state of game theory, its definition, the main problems, and general approaches.\u003cbr\u003eThe selected 40 chapters ..... are written by truly leading specialists, and as a result each chapter gives a coherent overview of its topic, as well as up-to-date comprehensive descriptions of the known results.\u003cbr\u003eFrom personal experience I can attest to accessibility and usefulness of this handbook.\u003cbr\u003eAnother excellent use of the handbook is for professors, with the required fundamental knowledge, to teach selected special topics to beginning students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...\"while it has become impossible for a single author to write a comprehensive updated text on game theory and applications, the need for such information has become more urgent. The first two volumes of this game theory handbook do an excellent job in meeting this need.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Preparing these handbooks must have been a tremendous undertaking for the editors and contributing authors. For working game theorists, these books are indispensable.\" \u003cb\u003e--Games and Economic Behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the second of three volumes surveying the state of the art in Game Theory and its applications to many and varied fields, in particular to economics. The chapters in the present volume are contributed by outstanding authorities, and provide comprehensive coverage and precise statements of the main results in each area. The applications include empirical evidence. The following topics are covered: communication and correlated equilibria,          coalitional games and coalition structures, utility and subjective probability, common knowledge, bargaining, zero-sum games, differential games, and applications of game theory to signalling, moral hazard, search, evolutionary biology, international relations, voting procedures, social choice, public economics, politics, and cost allocation. This handbook will be of interest to scholars in economics, political science, psychology, mathematics and biology. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on \u003csurl\u003ehttp:\/\/www.elsevier.nl\/locate\/hes\u003c\/surl\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eZero-sum two-person games (T.E.S. Raghavan). Game theory and statistics (G. Schwarz). Differential games (A. Friedman). Differential games - economic applications (S. Clemhout, H.Y. 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Strong, College of William and Mary, USA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis overview of project finance for the oil and gas industry covers financial markets, sources and providers of finance, financial structures, and capital raising processes. About US$300 billion of project finance debt is raised annually across several capital intensive sectors—including oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, and mining—and the oil and gas industry represents around 30% of the global project finance market. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith over 25 year’s project finance experience in international banking and industry, author Robert Clews explores project finance techniques and their effectiveness in the petroleum industry. He highlights the petroleum industry players, risks, economics, and commercial\/legal arrangements. 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It is a must read for those of us involved in financing and putting resources into green investments, because it’s clear that this technology has the potential to positively change the way we work, govern and collaborate in this space.\" \u003cb\u003e--Andrew Shaw, FMO – The Dutch Development Bank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Blockchain has become a catchword for disruptive innovation in a broad range of issue areas, including climate finance and investment. Frequently invoked and regularly misunderstood, however, this technology and its potential applications to climate change have so far lacked the authoritative scholarly analysis they deserve. 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Each chapter contains a problem statement that describes the challenges blockchain technology can address. The book brings together original visions and insights from global members of the Blockchain Climate Institute, comprising thought leaders, financial professionals, international development practitioners, technology entrepreneurs, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book will help readers understand blockchain technology and how it can facilitate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and accelerate the global transition to a green economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterlude I: How to Read This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1: Scene-Setting - What’s Going On?\u003c\/b\u003e 1: A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain \u003ci\u003eJack Aldane \u003c\/i\u003e2: A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change \u003ci\u003eAlexander Harris \u003c\/i\u003e3: Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work? \u003ci\u003eSebastien Meunier \u003c\/i\u003e4: Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance Architecture \u003ci\u003eAlastair Marke and Bianca Sylvester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterlude II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable \u003c\/b\u003eEnergy Deployment 5: How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy Supply \u003ci\u003eAdam Woodhall\u003c\/i\u003e 6: How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid \u003ci\u003ePaul R. 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We are indeed fortunate to have a wealth of rigorous analytical thinking brought to bear on what financial professionals often dismiss as mere hobbies.\" \u003cb\u003e--Dan diBartolomeo, President, Northfield Information, a market leader in providing investment professionals with analytical and operating efficiency tools to enhance individual portfolio and firm-wide performance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Almost every collector thinks, at least occasionally, about the investment aspect of their collection. The contributors to this book really open the reader's eyes to the breadth of issues -- from the psychological to the financial -- involved in collectibles as investments. 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A must for every collector and interested economist.\" \u003cb\u003e--Karl Storchmann, Managing Editor, Journal of Wine Economics and Associate Professor of Economics, Whitman College, WA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany high net worth individuals are interested in diversifying their portfolios and investing in collectibles. A collectible is any physical asset that appreciates in value over time because it is rare or desired by many. Stamps, coins, fine art, antiques, books, and wine are examples of collectibles. Where does the financial advisor or investment manager for these high net worth individuals go to learn about these investments? There is no comprehensive resource from the financial standpoint--until now. Dr Stephen Satchell of Trinity College, Cambridge, has developed a book in which experts in various types of collectibles analyze the financial aspects of investing in these collectibles. Chapters address issues such as: liquidity challenges, tax ramifications, appreciation timelines, the challenge of forecasting and measuring appreciation, and the psychological component of collecting and the role of emotion in collectible investing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction by Stephen Satchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: General Themes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. General Principles in Collectible Investing, Collectibles and Asset Allocation\u003cbr\u003eDaryl Roxburgh and Stephen Satchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Why Collectors Collect: The Neuropsychology of the Collector\u003cbr\u003eShirley Mueller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. 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I highly recommend their book.\" --\u003cb\u003eDarrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Stanford University, CA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book offers a unified treatment of multifractal volatility, a remarkable approach developed by the authors in a series of earlier papers. The idea is to capture in a single, coherent framework the set of observed features of financial data, whether seen as “jumps? in continuous-time models, “fat tails? in data discretely sampled over short intervals, different characterizations of volatility persistence over intermediate and long horizons, and nonlinearities and skewness in the conditional distributions. The underlying framework is a Markov-switching model with a very large number of different regimes, with the nature of different regimes summarized by a much smaller set of parameters. 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It shows how to use these models in practice, and it provides a rigorous foundation for their application.? --\u003cb\u003eLars Hansen, Livingston Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, IL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Volatility is a central concern of modern financial econometrics, challenging econometricians to build plausible models and practical methods of inference. Calvet and Fisher draw together the ingredients of a promising new research agenda, integrating a decade of work on multifractal modeling into a masterful overview of the field of volatility, demonstrating the advantages of Markov switching multifractals in aggregating components of differing persistence and showing us how rare events need not be studied in isolation as curiosa. A compelling read for financial theorists and practitioners.? --\u003cb\u003ePeter C. B. 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Their research has shown the advantages of modelling volatility as subject to abrupt regime changes of heterogeneous durations. Using the intuition that some economic phenomena are long-lasting while others are more transient, they permit regimes to have varying degrees of persistence. By drawing on insights from the use of multifractals in the natural sciences and mathematics, they show how to construct high-dimensional regime-switching models that are easy to estimate, and substantially outperform some of the best traditional forecasting models such as GARCH. The goal of \u003ci\u003eMultifractal Volatility\u003c\/i\u003e is to popularize the approach by presenting these exciting new developments to a wider audience. 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Included are studies on subjects in the development of econophysics; on the perspectives offered by econophysics on large problems in economics and finance, including the 2008-9 financial crisis; and on higher education and group decision making.  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Berger (Author), Christa Bouwman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780128002339, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A key economic function of banks is to create liquidity in the economy, financing illiquid assets with liquid labilities and enhancing overall funding of investment projects in the economy. Knowing how to measure how much liquidity is being created at any point in time is of central importance for economists, policymakers and bankers. This book, based on the path-breaking empirical measure for bank liquidity creation developed by the authors in their earlier published research,  provides an exhaustive and enlightening discussion of the variety of interesting issues related to bank liquidity creation, including its implications for bank stability and regulation. A must read!\"  \u003cb\u003e--Anjan Thakor, Washington University in St. Louis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This text provides an excellent insight into the features of banks and the dynamics of financial intermediation. The authors provide terrific coverage of the liquidity creation process and how financial crises inhibit such activity. This is an essential guide for all students of banking and financial system behavior.\"  \u003cb\u003e--Philip Molyneux, Bangor University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBank Liquidity Creation and Financial Crises\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a consistent, logical presentation of bank liquidity creation and addresses questions of research and policy interest that can be easily understood by readers with no advanced or specialized industry knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAuthors Allen Berger and Christa Bouwman examine ways to measure bank liquidity creation, how much liquidity banks create in different countries, the effects of monetary policy (including interest rate policy, lender of last resort, and quantitative easing), the effects of capital, the effects of regulatory interventions, the effects of bailouts, and much more. They also analyze bank liquidity creation in the US over the past three decades during both normal times and financial crises.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNarrowing the gap between the \"academic world\" (focused on theories) and the \"practitioner world\" (dedicated to solving real-world problems), this book is a helpful new tool for evaluating a bank’s performance over time and comparing it to its peer group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I – INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Liquidity Creation Theories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Understanding Financial Statements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II – LIQUIDITY CREATION MEASUREMENT AND USES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Measurement of Bank Liquidity Creation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Using Liquidity Creation to Measure Bank Output \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Using Liquidity Creation to Measure Bank Liquidity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III – FINANCIAL CRISES, LIQUIDITY CREATION, AND THEIR LINKS \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Defining and Dating Financial Crises\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. How Much Liquidity Do Banks Create During Normal Times and Financial Crises?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Links between Bank Liquidity Creation and Future Financial Crises\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART IV – CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LIQUIDITY CREATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Do Better-Capitalized Banks Create More or Less Liquidity? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Which Banks Create the Most and Least Liquidity? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. How do Government Policies and Actions affect Bank Liquidity Creation during Normal Times and Financial Crises? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Bank Liquidity Creation: Value, Performance, and Persistence \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V – LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. How Can Bank Executives, Financial Analysts, Researchers, and Policy Makers (Including Legislators, Regulators, and Central Bankers) Use Bank Liquidity Creation Data to Their Advantages? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Where We Now Stand and the Open Research and Policy Questions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Links to Websites Containing Data, Documents, and Other Information Useful for U.S. Bank Performance Benchmarking, Research, and Policy Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648861589784,"sku":"9780128002339","price":47.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780128002339.jpg?v=1694094658"},{"product_id":"handbook-of-financial-intermediation-and-banking-hardback-9780444515582","title":"Handbook of Financial Intermediation and Banking (Hardback) 9780444515582","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHandbook of Financial Intermediation and Banking\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwenty outstanding chapters present research reviews and syntheses of important subjects in financial intermediation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnjan V. 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This text will likely prove to be an invaluable resource both for current researchers as well as new students of these disciplines.\" \u003cb\u003e--Peter M. DeMarzo, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is an excellent collection of survey papers in the field of financial intermediation, written by leading researchers in the field. Given its broad coverage of topics and accessible style, it is highly recommended reading for students, teachers and professionals who want to refresh their knowledge of the literature, bring themselves to the frontier of the field, and explore open research questions.? \u003cb\u003e--Thorsten Beck, The World Bank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe growth of financial intermediation research has yielded a host of questions that have pushed \"design\" issues to the fore even as the boundary between financial intermediation and corporate finance has blurred.  This volume presents review articles on six major topics that are connected by information-theoretic tools and characterized by valuable perspectives and important questions for future research.  Touching upon a wide range of issues pertaining to the designs of securities, institutions, trading mechanisms and markets, industry structure, and regulation, this volume will encourage bold new efforts to shape financial intermediaries in the future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOVERALL INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: Design of Securities and Contracts\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Market Structure and Structure of Financial Markets\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Structure of Financial Institutions\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Mutual Funds\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: Regulation\u003cbr\u003eSection 6: Competition and Regulation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Corporate finance [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Corporate finance\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Corporate%20finance%20%5BKFFH%5D%22\"\u003eKFFH\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648862605592,"sku":"9780444515582","price":115.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780444515582.jpg?v=1694979994"}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/collections\/banking.oembed?page=3","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}