Finance and Financial Markets

3rd Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-23321-8
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1060 g

Acomprehensive and accessible introduction to finance, making the operation of financial institutions, markets and instruments readily understandable for students on finance and economics courses and those wanting to understand the workings of the financial world. The third edition has also been throughly updated in the wake of the recent financial crisis, and discusses the implications for the finance industry.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilbeam, Keith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The World of Finance.- Financial Intermediation and Financial Markets.- Financial Institutions.- Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Determination.- Domestic and International Money Markets.- The Domestic and International Bond Market.- Portfolio Analysis: Risk and Return in Financial Markets.- The Capital Asset Pricing Model.- Stockmarkets and Equities.- The Efficiency of Financial Markets.- The Foreign Exchange Market.- Theories of Exchange Rate Determination.- Financial Futures.- Options.- Option Pricing.- Swap Markets.- Financial Innovation and the Credit Crunch.- Regulation of the Financial Sector.

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Pilbeam is Professor of International Economics and Finance at City University, London, UK. He teaches on the international programs of Boston University and has been Visiting Professor at the European University Institute in Florence. He has worked for NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland and consults for a number of City financial institutions. He also advises the UK Foreign Office on international economic issues. He is President of the International Economics& Finance Society (UK) and author of the bestselling textbook International Finance, also published by Palgrave.