Financial Institutions and Markets: The Financial Crisis: An Early Retrospective

Author:   G. Kaufman ,  R. Bliss
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230108356


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   22 August 2012
Format:   Hardback
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This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally, including an in-depth look at topics such as universal access, cost recovery, and payment services; the transparency of global monetary policy; and the crisis of financial regulation.

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Author:   G. Kaufman ,  R. Bliss
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780230108356


ISBN 10:   0230108350
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   22 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

FINANCIAL CRISES ACROSS COUNTRIES * Banking from Riches to Rags: Ignoring the Supervisory Red Flags and Thwarting Prompt Corrective Action - Gillian G. H. Garcia * Too Much Right Can Make a Wrong: Setting the Stage for the US Financial Crisis - Richard Rosen * The UK Banking Crisis - Phil Molyneux * The Sub-Prime Crisis, the Credit Crunch and Bank 'Failure': an Assessment of the UK Authorities' Response - Maximillian Hall * Crisis and Financial Regulation: The Evidence from Spain - Santiago Carbó Valverde * Basel II Has Been a Costly Distraction on the Road to Minimizing the Societal Cost of Bank Failures and Financial Crisis - George G. Kaufman * Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Future of Federal Housing Finance Policy: A Study of Regulatory Privilege - David J. Reiss * OTHER ISSUES IN FINANCIAL REGULATION * Uncertainty and Transparency of Monetary Policy - Giorgio Di Giorgio and Guido Tra?cante * Privatization and governance regulation in frontier emerging markets: The case of Romania - Gilles Chemla, Adrian Pop, and Diana Pop * Universal Access, Cost Recovery, and Payment Services - Sujit Chakravorti, Jeffery W. Gunther, and Robert R. Moore * Estimating the Worldwide Volume of Counterfeit U.S. Currency: Data and Extrapolation - Ruth Judson and Richard Porter

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<p> In the first great financial crisis of the 21st century, when markets stalled, policies surged. This volume crisply lays out responses to the crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere. But it does much more. It also shows how, before the crisis, while markets sprinted ahead, policies observed. And, therein it signals how widely and deeply blame will come to be apportioned. The crisply written chapters give a tour of how different sectors and different countries got into, and through, the most perilous episode in our economic and financial lives. --James A. Wilcox, UC Berkeley<p>. ..artfully exposes the diverse roots of the crisis and explains how and why US and EU regulators failed to stop its spread. --Edward J. Kane, Professor of Finance at Boston College A valuable addition to the literature on financial crises...highly recommended. -- Choice


In the first great financial crisis of the 21st century, when markets stalled, policies surged. This volume crisply lays out responses to the crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere. But it does much more. It also shows how, before the crisis, while markets sprinted ahead, policies observed. And, therein it signals how widely and deeply blame will come to be apportioned. The crisply written chapters give a tour of how different sectors and different countries got into, and through, the most perilous episode in our economic and financial lives. --James A. Wilcox, UC Berkeley.. .artfully exposes the diverse roots of the crisis and explains how and why US and EU regulators failed to stop its spread. --Edward J. Kane, Professor of Finance at Boston College A valuable addition to the literature on financial crises...highly recommended. -- Choice


In the first great financial crisis of the 21st century, when markets stalled, policies surged. This volume crisply lays out responses to the crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere. But it does much more. It also shows how, before the crisis, while markets sprinted ahead, policies observed. And, therein it signals how widely and deeply blame will come to be apportioned. The crisply written chapters give a tour of how different sectors and different countries got into, and through, the most perilous episode in our economic and financial lives. - James A. Wilcox, UC Berkeley ...artfully exposes the diverse roots of the crisis and explains how and why US and EU regulators failed to stop its spread. - Edward J. Kane, Professor of Finance at Boston College A valuable addition to the literature on financial crises . . .highly recommended. - Choice


<p>&#8220;In the first great financial crisis of the 21st century, when markets stalled, policies surged. This volume crisply lays out responses to the crisis in the U.S. and elsewhere. But it does much more. It also shows how, before the crisis, while markets sprinted ahead, policies observed. And, therein it signals how widely and deeply blame will come to be apportioned. The crisply written chapters&#160; give a tour of how different sectors and different countries got into, and through, the most perilous episode in our economic and financial lives.&#8221;&#160; --James A. Wilcox, UC Berkeley<p>. ..artfully exposes the diverse roots of the crisis and explains how and why US and EU regulators failed to stop its spread. &#160; --Edward J. Kane, Professor of Finance at Boston College<br>


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George G.Kaufman is Professor of Business Administration, Loyola University at Chicago. Robert R.Bliss is Professor at Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Wake Forest University.

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