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Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe
An Economic and Social Policy Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
Providing an overview of the future research challenges for economists and social scientists concerning population ageing, pensions, health and social care in Europe, this book examines how scientific research can provide cutting-edge evidence on income security and well-being of the elderly, and labour markets and older workers.
by R. Ayadi, S. Mouley
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Monetary Policy, central banking, and international norms and regulations; a discussion far from new, nor applying exclusively to the world's most advanced economies. A sound monetary policy and a well-enforced regulatory regime is provided, in explanation of developing nations to channel financial resources more efficiently into investments.
Rethinking Rational Choice Theory
A Companion on Rational and Moral Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The marriage of neuroscience and the science of choice behaviour gave birth to neuroeconomics. Jan de Jong explores this new discipline, investigating the relationship between choice behaviour and brain activity, and the light that this sheds on our systems of reasoning.
by Luca Cacciolatti, Soo Hee Lee
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Entrepreneurial Marketing for SMEs contextualizes the practice of marketing amongst SMEs, and critically discusses major issues of Entrepreneurial Marketing with a relevant and up-to-date academic body of knowledge.
Capital and the Debt Trap
Learning from cooperatives in the global crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.
Microfinance in Developing Countries
Issues, Policies and Performance Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Microfinance in developing countries is a collection of studies by leading researchers in the field of microfinance. It discusses key issues that the rapidly growing microfinance industry currently faces, and offers interesting views and analysis of topical matters concerning the microfinance realm.
European Real Estate
Asset Class Performance and Optimal Portfolio Construction
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
This book provides a thorough overview of the European real estate Market. It evaluates the performance difference between countries and sectors, and what implications this has for optimal investment strategy within real estate asset classes.
Money, Banking and Financial Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
20 Years of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
This book provides a deep insight into the market changes and policy challenges that transition economies have undergone in the last twenty years. It not only comments on and evaluates the development of financial markets in transition economies, but also highlights the key obstacles to full integration of financial markets into the EU market.
by Jakub Kerlin, Elżbieta Malinowska-Misiąg, Paweł Smaga
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book explores the diversity of restructuring instruments applied to financial institutions in EU countries during the Global Financial Crisis. It investigates the cost of that support before evaluating its effects, as well as providing an extensive analysis of the measures undertaken. The first...
A Flow-of-Funds Perspective on the Financial Crisis Volume II
Macroeconomic Imbalances and Risks to Financial Stability
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Based on the crisis experience, the book offers an overview of lessons for macrofinancial analysis and financial stability. It illustrates the interlinkages between the financial side and the real side of the economy and highlights the role of balance sheet variables and sectoral balance sheet positions in the evolution of the financial crisis.
The Triple Crisis of Western Capitalism
Democracy, Banking, and Currency
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Tillmann C. Lauk discusses law-making at the European level and argues that problems with EU legislation, banking regulation and currency debasement are due to a lack of democratic control. He insists on the need for radical reform both of banking and of international money and makes an important contribution to the debate on the future of finance.
Housing Finance Systems
Market Failures and Government Failures
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe. However, in many emerging countries, the housing crisis is about urban poverty, unplanned settlements, overcrowded slums and homelessness.
The Financial Crisis
Origins and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
The 2008 financial crisis poses three fundamental questions for economists and policy makers; understanding the origins of the crisis, understanding the consequences of this crisis for the world economy, and finally understanding why the 2008 financial crisis is not as serious as the 1929 crisis....
Best Inclusion Practices
LGBT Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Aims to increase awareness about the specific circumstances of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) diversity. Based on a wide array of literature this volume provides a global vision of this reality, explaining the evolution of homosexuality during history and reasons why it has been considered a sin, an illness and a crime.