The most important concepts in finance
In: Elgaronline
In: Edward Elgar books
In: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Contents: Preface -- 1. What is money? from commodities to virtual currencies/bitcoin / Benton E. Gup -- 2. Blockchain: a primer / Gerald P. Dwyer -- 3. Innovating to new heists: regulating cyber threats in the financial services industry / Kristin N. Johnson -- 4. An overview of corporate governance / Melissa B. Frye -- 5. Regulating corporate governance in the public interest: the case of systemic risk / Steven L. Schwarcz -- 6. Who's winning the big match? surveying state versus private ownerships effect on corporate value and policy / Scott B. Guernsey and William L. Megginson -- 7. Interest rates / Tim Gallager -- 8. Insights from corporate life cycles / Benton E. Gup -- 9. Multi-asset investing: beyond the 60-40 ball park / Pankaj Agrrawal -- 10. Risk and the probability of insolvency: a regulatory perspective / Betsy Faulk, Walter Faulk, and Thomas Lutton -- 11. An economic perspective of big banks / Benton E. Gup -- 12. International real estate investment / Mary Alice Hines -- 13. The state of pension plans: challenges ahead / James R. Barth, John S. Jahera Jr. and Sunghoon Joo -- 14. An introduction to Islamic banking and finance / M. Kabir Hassan, Sirajo Aliyu and Jennifer Brodmann -- 15. Stabilizing large financial institutions with contingent capital certificates. / Mark J. Flannery -- 16. The state of research and the economic environment in small-firm finance / Ramon P. DeGennaro and Michael B. McDonald -- Index.