During the past 4 years, faith in the present financial model has been shaken in terms of policy, regulation, the financial sector itself, and exchange-rate regimes. Past and present policies of the world’s most respected central banks have come under fire. Regulations that defined the system...

A Theoretical Framework -- Specifications and Assumptions -- Underlying Equilibrium Growth Paths -- Variations in Employment -- Some Important Implications -- Exchange Rate Overshooting -- Exchange Rate Determination -- Issues Regarding Exchange Rate Determination -- Time Series Properties of...

Inflation Differentials in the Euro Area: A Survey -- The ECB’s Monetary Analysis Revisited -- Euro Area Monetary Policy in Uncharted Waters -- The Communication Policy of the European Central Bank: An Overview of the First Decade -- Governance and Monetary Policy Decision-Making at the ECB --...

Rechnungslegungszwecke, Bilanztheorie und Corporate Governance -- Rechnungslegungspublizität in Deutschland und den USA -- Rechnungslegung in Deutschland bis zum BilMoG -- Rechnungslegung in den USA -- Zweckadäquate Fortentwicklung der deutschen Rechnungslegungskonzeption ab BilMoG --...

The analysis in this book reflects various aspects of financial sector transformation in selected Central European countries that are expected to join the EU in 2004. The authors are Central European financial experts who provide, among other things, a detailed overview of the following main...

In easy to understand terms and journalistic style, Read describes the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and economic meltdowns. He walks the reader through a number of topics in economics and connects these topics to real world financial problems...

Updated insight into key facts impacting on financial institutions after the financial crisis, highlighting areas of major policy and academic interest. The book includes ten chapters analysing contrasting issues such as intellectual capital, cost efficiency, bank stability, credit risk and...