Globalization of Financial Markets
Author:CM Buch;

Kiel Studies - Vol 328



The internationalization of financial markets is one of the focal points in the discussion about recent globalization trends. These discussions suggest that capital can move freely between countries. However, there is ample evidence that national borders do matter and that there are many implicit and explicit barriers to integration. Understanding the factors that unify and that separate financial markets and thus reconciling these two stylized facts is at the core of this book. While the main focus of the empirical work is on banking industry, results are yet informative also with regard to developments in other financial market segments. Also, the book uses European financial integration as a case study for general integration trends.

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Soveriegn Risk and Financial Crises
Author:M Frenkel; A Karmann; B Scholtens;

Sovereign risk and financial crises play a key role in current international economic developments, particularly in the case of economic downturns. As the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s revealed once again, financial crises are the rule rather than the exception in capitalist economies. The event also revealed that international public debt agreements are contingent claims. In a world of increasing economic interdependencies, the issues of financial crises and country defaults are of critical importance. This volume goes to the heart of the academic discussion on sovereign risk and financial crises by centering on quantitative-empirical aspects, evaluating prominent approaches, and by proposing new methods. Part I of the volume identifies key factors and processes that are central in analyzing sovereign risk while Part II focuses on the determinants and effects of financial crises.

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Mathematics of Financial Markets
Author:Robert J Elliot;P. Ekkehard Kopp;

This book presents the mathematics that underpins pricing models for derivative securities, such as options, futures, and swaps, in modern financial markets. The mathematical concepts used in idealised continuous-time models are sophisticated, relying for the most part on the modern stochastic calculus and its ramifications. In the discrete-time framework, however, many of the underlying ideas can be explained much more simply. This is presented first and used to motivate the development of continuous-time models, including a detailed analysis of Black-Scholes theory and its generalisations, American put options, term structure models, and consumption-investment problems.



The mathematics of martingales and stochastic calculus is developed where it is needed. The treatment is careful and detailed rather than comprehensive, aiming in particular to provide a clear understanding of pricing and hedging for call and put options. From here the reader can progress to the use of similar methods for more exotic instruments and further research.



This text should prove useful to graduates with a sound mathematical background, ideally including a first course on measure-theoretic probability, who wish to understand the mathematical models on which the multitude of current financial instruments used in derivative markets is based. It is well suited to the needs of the rapidly increasing range of quantitatively oriented Master's programmes that provide an entry into this burgeoning field of research and practice, and should equally be useful to risk managers and other practitioners looking for the mathematical tools with which to understand modern pricing and hedging models and their application.

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Dynamic Efficiency and Path Dependencies inn Venture Capital Markets
Author:A Schertler;

Kiel Studies - Vol 327



This book offers a new explanation why venture capital in investments differ substantially between countries. Recent literature has attributed these differences to differences in the financial architecture and tax regulations. By contrast, this book shows by using simulations of a general equilibrium model that interactions between venture capitalists' reputation building and experience accumulation lead to different levels of venture capital investments. The interactions taking place in venture capital markets can result in inefficiencies in experience accumulation. The study argues that government subsidies in such a situation may increase venture capitalists' experience accumulation. However, using an agency model, this study shows that subsidies can have negative effects since they reduce venture capitalists' incentives to support the management teams.

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Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
Author:Thomas Copeland;J. Weston;Kuldeep Shastri

This classic textbook in the field, now completely revised and updated, provides a bridge between theory and practice. Appropriate for the second course in Finance for MBA students and the first course in Finance for doctoral students, the text prepares students for the complex world of modern financial scholarship and practice. It presents a unified treatment of finance combining theory, empirical evidence and applications.



- Clear and succinct discussion of current trends and recent contributions to finance literature Provides a solid foundation in established finance theory.



- Emphasizes applications to help students better understand the uses of Finance theory.



- End-of-chapter problems challenge students to think analytically and apply their understanding of the theory.

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Who Is Fourier?

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Daring to be Different
Author:Jonathan Davis;

Who is the most successful investment manager in Britain? Arguments could rage for hours, but no professional would dispute that Anthony Bolton of Fidelity is right up there at the top of the tree. £1,000 invested in his Special Situations fund at its launch in 1979 would today be worth £80,000. No other mainstream UK fund manager has put together such a consistently impressive performance over such a long period.



The 80-fold increase represents an average compound growth rate of 19% per annum, [7%] more than the equivalent market index over the same period. This track record is every bit as good as that recorded by American investment superstars such as Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch. The Fidelity Special Situations fund is now the largest and most popular fund in the UK, with more than £3.6 billion of assets.



What are the secrets of Bolton’s success? In this important new book, published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Fidelity Special Situations fund, Jonathan Davis, investment columnist of The Independent since 1995, and editor of Intelligent Investor, takes an in-depth look at the way that Bolton goes about his business and analyses in detail the performance of the fund over the past 25 years.



In a separate 10,000 word section Anthony Bolton gives his own personal account of the history of the fund, explains why he believes his contrarian stockpicking methods have worked so well for so long and discloses how he handles the pressures of being the best-known fund manager in London. This book will be required reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in investment.

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Probability and Random Processes: Problems and Solutions
Author:Geoffrey Grimmett;David Stirzaker

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Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems
Author: William E. Boyce;Richard C. DiPrima

Written primarily for undergraduate students of mathematics, science, or engineering, who typically take a course on differential equations during their first or second year. The main prerequisite is a working knowledge of calculus.



The environment in which instructors teach, and students learn differential equations has changed enormously in the past few years and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Computing equipment of some kind, whether a graphing calculator, a notebook computer, or a desktop workstation is available to most students. The seventh edition of this classic text reflects this changing environment, while at the same time, it maintains its great strengths - a contemporary approach, flexible chapter construction, clear exposition, and outstanding problems. In addition many new problems have been added and a reorganisation of the material makes the concepts even clearer and more comprehensible.



Like its predecessors, this edition is written from the viewpoint of the applied mathematician, focusing both on the theory and the practical applications of differential equations as they apply to engineering and the sciences.

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You and the Law In Spain
Author:David Searl

David Searl takes you step by step through all aspects of Spanish law affecting foreigner. Incorporates the Spanish Property Guide and Horizontal Law in English.

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Understanding Finance
Author:Karen Halpern;

Combining theory and practical knowledge of finance, this comprehensive yet accessible First Edition provides students with a text that is grounded in “real” business. Focusing on financial issues in local businesses and small- to medium-sized companies rather than Fortune 500 corporations, this text delivers a user-friendly introduction to the world of finance that answers the many basic “what” and “why” questions, furnishing students with a solid understanding of this intricate area of business that they can apply in the working world.

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Who, What, Where Guide to Back Office Systems and Suppliers 2004
This comprehensive directory provides an overview of the leading back office systems and their suppliers across a broad range of areas including wholesale, retail, private banking, lending, trade finance, general ledger, global custody, capital markets. It covers the history of the company, the history of the system, system functionality, and user base.



Since 1999, this publication has become the essential reference guide to this sector. As always, it has been completely rewritten and updated. All of the editorial is independent, so it gives the 'warts and all' view of each player and its offerings.

   

• The new edition is bigger, spanning over 100 of the major international systems for wholesale banking, retail banking, private banking, capital markets, lending, derivatives, asset management, and trade finance.

   

• There is a detailed entry for each supplier setting out its history and current situation, its future strategy and the functionality of its systems, plus a customer list.

   

• The Country Analysis shows the usage of all systems by country.

  

• All buyers receive regularly emailed updates to the guide for one year from date of publication.

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Schaums Easy Outlines: Bookkeeping and Accounting - Crash Course
Author:Joel Lerner;

What could be better than the bestselling Schaum's Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum's Easy Outline series. Every book in this series is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, each new title features a streamlined and updated format and the absolute essence of the subject, presented in a concise and readily understandable form.





Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give students quick pointers to the essentials.



- Designed to appeal to underprepared students and readers turned off by dense text

- Cartoons, sidebars, icons, and other graphic pointers get the material across fast

- Concise text focuses on the essence of the subject

- Deliver expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields

- Perfect for last-minute test preparation

- So small and light that they fit in a backpack!

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Keeping the Books
Author:Linda Pinson;

The premier resource for basic bookkeeping and business record management, Keeping the Books is a comprehensive, yet down-to-earth treatment of one of the most important and often neglected aspects of running a business.



Over the years, hundreds of thousands of business owners have benefited from the practical and easy-to-use concepts in Keeping the Books. In this new edition, business-planning expert Linda Pinson shares a time-tested recipe for mastering record-keeping essentials.



User-friendly and packed with easy-to-understand illustrations, worksheets, and forms, this popular financial reference tool is completely updated and includes a variety of IRS forms entrepreneurs have to be familiar with. Keeping the Books also includes a business resource section and glossary of accounting terms, along with proven processes for smart financial recordkeeping.

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The Bluffer's Guide to Accountancy
Author:Liz Fisher; John Courtis

Audits

The bread and butter of the accountancy profession is the statutory audit. Audits are like funerals. They are needed but nobody actually wants them, except the accountants and the undertakers.



Deep depression

One of the main reasons why accountants in commerce and industry go into a deep depression just before and just after the end of the financial year is that this is the time when the chickens come home to roost and it becomes apparent even to the meanest intellect that there is a yawning gulf between the real figures (the books of account, which lead via the financial accounts to the annual statutory report) and the figures on which management has been relying for the past 11 months, so that the generally favourable impression these have created is totally erroneous.



Creative accounting

You are allowed to be ambivalent about creative accounting, indeed this is the preferred posture. Being wholly in favour of it would imply an eagerness to walk the tightrope, or the plank.



Checks and balances

Remember that the high point of accountancy is double-entry book-keeping, whose unique merit is that the debits are balanced by credits in other accounts; not the same ones, or the limited intellectual challenge would have vanished altogether, unless of course the second half of the transaction is cunningly disguised as something else.



Actuals

The ugly truth is that the actuals always prove the budgets wrong. (Always call the actual results 'the actuals'.) The massive authority generated by the sophisticated compilation process is eroded as soon as the first few months of the year have passed and flaws are visible.

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Development Finance
Author:P.K Rao;

Improved understanding of the key role of financial aspects in the growth and development of economic systems is an important aspect of economic analysis. This first textbook on development finance provides a comprehensive coverage of this new area of economics. The book integrates relevant theoretical approaches and their policy applications. A unique perspective combines transaction cost economics and neoclassical economics. The author also treats important policy issues of national and international relevance. The roles of public and private finance, domestic and external finance, short-term and long-term capital flows, sovereign debt management features, country risk and other determinants of foreign direct investments, multilateral official development assistance and development of financial institutions are some of the topics examined in this book.

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A Year in the Merde
Author:Paul West;

A Year in the Merde is the almost-true account of a year in the life of Paul West, 27, who was hired by a French food company to open a chain of "typically English" tea rooms in Paris.

A Year in the Merde shows the French as they really are. They're not "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", but they do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs droppings. Going on strike really is the second most popular participation sport after pétanque. They actually admire Brits and Americans (though they won't admit it too loudly).

And they really do use suppositories.

Paul West gives a laugh-out-loud account of the pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France.Less quaint than A Year in Provence, less chocolatey than Chocolat, this book will tell you how to get the best of the grumpiest Parisian waiter, how to make perfect vinaigrette every time, and how not to buy a house in the French countryside.

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The Vital Few vs. The Trivial Many: Invest with the Insiders, not the Masses
Author:George Muzea;

Discover the investing strategies of company insiders-to earn insider-level returns

Investors looking to garner exceptional long-term returns must first learn how to stop following the investment herd, which virtually guarantees average or below-average results. The Vital Few vs. the Trivial Many gives independent investors the knowledge and instincts to tip the investment scales in their favor, by explaining which information is accurate and valuable as opposed to that which is misleading and financially hazardous. The author, praised by Barron's and SmartMoney for his candor and techniques, discusses how to look past media hype to discern what the "Vital Few" or corporate insiders-those who know their companies best-are doing. Muzea then shows investors how to successfully incorporate those techniques into their own portfolios, intelligently evaluating the stock market and finding valuable gems that have yet to be discovered by the masses.

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The Winner's Circle
Author:R. J. Shook;

Uncover and invest in the best funds for today and tomorrow

The number of mutual funds investors must choose from is now greater than the number of stocks listed on the NYSE. Selecting the right fund-and, just as important, the best manager-in a turbulent investment arena is more difficult than ever before. Revealing money-management secrets typically reserved for elite investors, top fund managers share their investment approaches, and provide in-depth explanations of their philosophies, disciplines, and backgrounds that can be applied by both individual and professional investors.

Which? Way to Drive Your Small Business
No enterprise can afford to stand still, but choosing the right point at which to expand, with more staff, greater investment in IT, and larger premises, or to diversify, rather than streamlining and consolidating, is never easy. Looking at real-life examples from a variety of industries, this book provides a practical approach to these issues - which can make the difference between success and failure.

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Market Beaters
Author:Art Collins

Fascinating, in-depth interviews with legendary developers and traders of mechanical trading systems. Those interested in developing their own system will find a goldmine in this book...learn from those who have gone before, taking advantage of their knowledge, experience, and tips. Art Collins, author of "When Supertraders Meet Kryptonite" and "Market Rap: The Odyssey of a Still-Struggling Commodity Trader" has done it again...a valuable contribution to trading literature.

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Essentials of Trading
Author:Larry Pesavento with Leslie Jouflas

This collector's edition of this remarkable book is silver-foil stamped on rich leatherlike binding. It will be a beautiful addition to your trading literature, and a valuable addition to your trading knowledge. Over one hundred articles on every essential aspect of trading from veteran trader Larry Pesavento and Leslie Jouflas.

This enlightening and educational book written by Larry Pesavento along with his former student and now professional trader, Leslie Jouflas, is a wonderful compilation of articles written about all facets of trading. The articles exemplify the incredibly close knit connections of trading to real life! The articles include a broad spectrum of subjects from discipline to handling the unexpected in trading to all ranges of emotions experienced throughout a career in trading.

The book is laced throughout with quotes from many walks of life, from famous artists to famous traders that are truly inspirational. "Essentials of Trading" will inspire you and motivate you in your own trading. As the ancient saying goes � �A smart man learns from his mistakes, but the wise man learns from the mistakes of others.� It is a staple for any trading library to reference again and again.