Chapter 1: Introduction to "Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries: New Drivers towards a Market Economy" -- Part 1: Entrepreneurship in Post-Transition Context -- Chapter 2: The influence of the motives of entrepreneurial activity on economic growth of developing countries in Southeast...

This book offers fresh insights into the economic development and financial markets of Southeastern and Central European countries. The first part analyses macroeconomic trends and monetary policy issues, while the second part explores the development of financial and insurance markets. With...

1. Emerging Balkans in Transition -- 2. Financial Globalization -- 3. Trade in Services, Regional Integration and EU Accession Process -- 4. Banking in Transition: On the Road to Success -- 5. Does Stock Market Development Cause Growth? -- 6. Recent Financial Sector Developments in the Emerging...

Public Administration/Governance and the Economies of Southeastern Europe -- Greek Political Economy in the Post-crisis Period 2010–2019 -- Social Capital and Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Casuality Evidence -- The Jungle of Sustainability Frameworks and Standards: Evidence from...

Part I: Microfinance -- 1. Can Microfinance Achieve Both Social and Financial Goals? -- 2. Boundaries of Microfinance -- Part II: Financing of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises -- 3. Solving the Financing Difficulty of SMEs by Community Construction -- 4. Big Bank, Small Finance -- Part III:...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Alternative Lending and How to Regulate -- Chapter 2: Towards an EU market-based financial system: The emergence of Credit Alternative Investment Funds -- Chapter 3: The need for regulation: Innovation and Market Failure -- Part II: AIF-Lending and Bank Lending...

Chapter 1: Why Finance Matters for Economics: The Story of Financing the Railroad -- Chapter 2: The Story of the Original Boom and Bust in Western Finance: The Mississippi Bubble -- Chapter 3: Price Determination in a Multi Sector Global Economy -- Chapter 4: Credit Allocation and the Role of...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of foreign-owned banks for credit growth, financial stability and economic growth in the post-communist European countries. Using data covering 20 countries over the period from 1995 to 2015, the authors analyse the evolution of banking sectors...

1. Introduction: mortgages and annuities in historical perspective -- 2. Mortgages and the English peasantry c.1250-c.1350 -- 3. Mortgages raised by rural English copyhold tenants 1605-1735 -- 4. Mortgages and the Kentish yeoman in the seventeenth century -- 5. Why the equity of redemption? 6....

This Palgrave Pivot begins with a broad focus on financial sector development as a whole, highlighting areas such as the money market, payment system, and the capital market, as well as issues such as regulatory strategy, capacity building of financial firms and service providers, and financial...