This text is concerned with the increasingly important and problematic area of financial exclusion, broadly defined as the inability and/or reluctance of particular societal groups to access mainstream financial services. This has emerged as a major international policy issue. There is growing...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Stock market reaction to external CEO appointments: Evidence from the Nordic countries -- Chapter 3: How do stock markets value bank diversification? Evidence from the Eurozone -- Chapter 4: Creating value in M&A: does ESG performance matter for acquirer...