The Most Important Concepts in Finance

Edited by Benton E. Gup

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Anyone trying to understand finance has to contend with the evolving and dynamic nature of the topic. Changes in economic conditions, regulations, technology, competition, globalization, and other factors regularly impact the development of the field, but certain essential concepts remain key to a good understanding. This book provides insights about the most important concepts in finance.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9781786431127
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 What is money? From commodities to virtual currencies/Bitcoin , pp 1-11

Benton E. Gup

Ch 2 Blockchain: a primer , pp 12-27

Gerald Dwyer

Ch 3 Innovating to new heists: regulating cyber threats in the financial services industry , pp 28-68

Kristin N. Johnson

Ch 4 An overview of corporate governance , pp 69-82

Melissa B. Frye

Ch 5 Regulating corporate governance in the public interest: the case of systemic risk , pp 83-92

Steven L. Schwarcz

Ch 6 Who’s winning the big match? Surveying state versus private ownerships effect on corporate value and policy , pp 93-135

Scott B. Guernsey and William L. Megginson

Ch 7 Interest rates , pp 136-151

Tim Gallagher

Ch 8 Insights from corporate life cycles , pp 152-166

Benton E. Gup

Ch 9 Multi-asset investing: beyond the 60–40 ball park , pp 167-187

Pankaj Agrrawal

Ch 10 Risk and the probability of insolvency: a regulatory perspective , pp 188-204

Betsy Brown Faulk, Walter H. Faulk and Thomas Lutton

Ch 11 An economic perspective of big banks , pp 205-211

Benton E. Gup

Ch 12 International real estate investment , pp 212-228

Mary Alice Hines

Ch 13 The state of state pension plans: challenges ahead , pp 229-249

James Barth, John S. Jahera and Sunghoon Joo

Ch 14 An introduction to Islamic banking and finance , pp 250-276

M. Kabir Hassan, Sirajo Aliyu and Jennifer Brodmann

Ch 15 Stabilizing large financial institutions with contingent capital certificates , pp 277-300

Mark J. Flannery

Ch 16 The state of research and the economic environment in small-firm finance , pp 301-316

Ramon Degennaro and Michael B. McDonald Iv

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