Data suggest that the Canadian financial structure, and particularly indirect finance (e.g., banking), have become more market-oriented. We associate this financial trend in part with the regulatory changes that have occurred in Canada since the 1980s. Financial intermediaries are increasingly...

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- Group decision making -- Consensus reaching process -- Part II: Consensus models with the minimum adjustments and aggregation operators -- Minimum adjustments consensus models -- Maximum expert consensus models -- Part III: Consensus in the multiple attribute...