Handbook of financial intermediation and banking /

The growth of financial intermediation research has yielded a host of questions that have pushed "design" issues to the fore even as the boundary between financial intermediation and corporate finance has blurred. This volume presents review articles on six major topics that are connected...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Thakor, Anjan V; Boot, Arnoud W. A. Willem Alexander, 1960
Published: North-Holland/Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Handbooks in finance
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444515582
Summary: The growth of financial intermediation research has yielded a host of questions that have pushed "design" issues to the fore even as the boundary between financial intermediation and corporate finance has blurred. This volume presents review articles on six major topics that are connected by information-theoretic tools and characterized by valuable perspectives and important questions for future research. Touching upon a wide range of issues pertaining to the designs of securities, institutions, trading mechanisms and markets, industry structure, and regulation, this volume will encourage bo
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxv, 577 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080559926
0080559921
Index Number: HG3891
CLC: F831.2
Contents: OVERALL INTRODUCTION -- Section 1: Design of Securities and Contracts -- Section 2: Market Structure and Structure of Financial Markets -- Section 3: Structure of Financial Institutions -- Section 4: Mutual Funds -- Section 5: Regulation -- Section 6: Competition and Regulation.