The introduction of the euro was one of the most important events in the process of European integration, especially in the financial sector. However, next to its many advantages, the joint currency and single monetary policy increased the probability of property bubbles in the EU low income...

The main purpose of this article is to prove that prices of selected metals quoted at London Metal Exchange could be described as biased random walks. In this paper hypothesis of black noise character of returns is verified (sequences are observed more frequently than reversals). Exploiting...

Celem artykulu jest przedstawienie ewolucyjnych zmian, jakie zaszly na rynku finansowym w Chinach, a ktorych katalizatorem byly zaburzenia na globalnym rynku finansowym. Zmiany te byly wynikiem zarowno dzialan antykryzysowych ze strony polityki makroekonomicznej podjetych na poczatku kryzysu,...

Artykul stanowi swoista analize problemu wystepowania baniek spekulacyjnych w historii gospodarczej swiata, a nastepnie probe identyfikacji przyczyn i skutkow wystapienia banki spekulacyjnej na rynku nieruchomosci w Stanach Zjednoczonych, ktora byla jednoczesnie glowna przyczyna wybuchu kryzysu...

The article presents the initial proposal for the group risk measurement based on the comparison of two interconnected sets of webs. The risk scalar has been presented both for each separated subsidiary as well as for the group itself. It was shown the risk profile of the group could be...

The purpose of the study was to identify factors which influence bank-firm relationships in Poland, herein identified with relationship banking. The results of empirical analysis have demonstrated that Polish firms readily establish single-bank relationships. The results of the econometric...

The following paper presents and elaborates upon different forms of forfaiting transactions. The classification of various forms of forfating is further proposed.

Islamic finance is one of the most rapidly growing sectors in recent years. During the last decade the global value of Islamic assets has grown at yearly the pace of 10-12 per cent. Sharia compliant products, which are not based on the interest rate, has become popular also in non-Muslim...

Artykul poswiecony zostal mozliwosciom oceny efektywnosci uslug bankowych na podstawie analizy ich marz odsetkowych, a jego celem bylo ukazanie nosnosci informacyjnej tych miar. W pierwszej czesci artykulu omowione zostaly kwestie teoretyczne zwiazane z wyznaczaniem roznych rodzajow marz...

Wlasciwa ocena dzialalnosci bankow wymaga analizy zyskownosci i ryzyka podejmowanego przez te instytucje. Dla potrzeb sprawozdawczosci wewnetrznej banki wykorzystuja w tym celu wskazniki efektywnosci z uwzglednieniem ryzyka (RAPM). W artykule dokonano krotkiego przegladu tych wskaznikow,...