Download or read book Fixing the Housing Market written by Franklin Allen and published by Pearson Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the financial history leading to the mortgage meltdown and assesses today's housing finance systems in the United States and abroad.

Download or read book Guardians of Finance written by James R. Barth and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the unaccountable, unmonitorable, and unchecked actions of regulators precipitated the global financial crisis; and how to reform the system. The recent financial crisis was an accident, a “perfect storm” fueled by an unforeseeable confluence of events that unfortunately combined to bring down the global financial systems. Or at least this is the story told and retold by a chorus of luminaries that includes Timothy Geithner, Henry Paulson, Robert Rubin, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan. In Guardians of Finance, economists James Barth, Gerard Caprio, and Ross Levine argue that the financial meltdown of 2007 to 2009 was no accident; it was negligent homicide. They show that senior regulatory officials around the world knew or should have known that their policies were destabilizing the global financial system and yet chose not to act until the crisis had fully emerged. Barth, Caprio, and Levine propose a reform to counter this systemic failure: the establishment of a “Sentinel” to provide an informed, expert, and independent assessment of financial regulation. Its sole power would be to demand information and to evaluate it from the perspective of the public—rather than that of the financial industry, the regulators, or politicians.

Download or read book China s Emerging Financial Markets written by James R. Barth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s emerging financial markets reflect the usual contrast between the country’s measured approach toward policy, regulatory, and market reform, and the dynamic pace of rapid economic growth and development. But they also offer unusual challenges and opportunities. In the past five years, the pace of opening and reform has accelerated sharply. Recapitalization and partial privatization of the largest banks, and the allowance of some joint venture and branch operations for foreign financial institutions, are making rapid headway in developing and expanding financial services and improving access to domestic business and households. This book provides the most extensive look available at the evolving Chinese financial system. It begins with alternative perspectives on the evolution of the financial system and the broad outlines of its prospects and potential contribution to economic growth. Three articles review broad aspects of the financial system. Franklin Allen, Jun ‘‘QJ’’ Qian, Meijun Qian, and Mengxin Zhao lead off with overviews of the banking system and performance of the equity market and other institutions.

Download or read book Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance written by James R. Barth and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent financial crisis has stimulated much debate on the governance of financial institutions, as well as research on the effects of governance arrangements on risk-taking, performance and financial institutions more generally. Furthermore, researchers are asking how regulation, legislation, politics and other factors influence the governance of financial institutions and their behavior in different dimensions. The specially commissioned contributions featured in this timely Handbook confront these complex issues. The contributors – top international scholars from finance, law and business – explore the role of governance, both internal and external, in explaining risk-taking and other aspects of the behavior of financial institutions. Additionally, they discuss market and policy features affecting objectives and quality of governance. The chapters provide in-depth analysis of factors such as: ownership, efficiency and stability; market discipline; compensation and performance; social responsibility; and governance in non-bank financial institutions. Only through this kind of rigorous examination can one hope to implement the financial reforms necessary and sufficient to reduce the likelihood and severity of future crises. Bringing the reader to the frontier of research on governance of financial institutions, this volume is sure to inspire future research in scholars and students of financial institutions, governance and banking as well as all those involved with private financial institutions and public regulatory and supervisory authorities.

Download or read book The First Great Financial Crisis of the 21st Century written by James R. Barth and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although there have been numerous studies of the causes and consequences of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 in the US and abroad, many of these were undertaken only for a small number of countries and before the financial and economic effects were fully realized and before various governmental policy responses were decided upon and actually implemented. This book aims to fill these voids by providing a more thorough assessment now that the worst events and the regulatory reforms are sufficiently behind us and much more information about these developments is available. It reviews and analyzes the causes and consequences of and the regulatory responses to the Great Financial Crisis, particularly from a public policy viewpoint. In the process, it explores such intriguing questions as: What caused the crisis? How did the crisis differ across countries? What is the outlook for another crisis, and when? This is a must read for those who are trying to find answers to these questions."--$cProvided by publisher.

Download or read book The Great Savings and Loan Debacle written by James R. Barth and published by Special Analysis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the author argues that federal deposit insurance itself is largely to blame for the savings and loans disaster of the 1980s.

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the US Mortgage and Credit Markets written by James Barth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mortgage meltdown: what went wrong and how do we fix it? Owning a home can bestow a sense of security and independence. But today, in a cruel twist, many Americans now regard their homes as a source of worry and dashed expectations. How did everything go haywire? And what can we do about it now? In The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets, renowned finance expert James Barth offers a comprehensive examination of the mortgage meltdown. Together with a team of economists at the Milken Institute, he explores the shock waves that have rippled through the entire financial sector and the real economy. Deploying an incredibly detailed and extensive set of data, the book offers in-depth analysis of the mortgage meltdown and the resulting worldwide financial crisis. This authoritative volume explores what went wrong in every critical area, including securitization, loan origination practices, regulation and supervision, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leverage and accounting practices, and of course, the rating agencies. The authors explain the steps the government has taken to address the crisis thus far, arguing that we have yet to address the larger issues. Offers a comprehensive examination of the mortgage market meltdown and its reverberations throughout the financial sector and the real economy Explores several important issues that policymakers must address in any future reshaping of financial market regulations Addresses how we can begin to move forward and prevent similar crises from shaking the foundations of our financial system The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets analyzes the factors that should drive reform and explores the issues that policymakers must confront in any future reshaping of financial market regulations.

Download or read book Making Connections written by Edward J. Malecki and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interaction and communication exert a powerful influence on technological learning the process of innovation. These processes remain uncharted territory. This book provides both theoretical elaboration and empirical examples from Asia, Europe and North America.

Download or read book The Dream Merchants written by Harold Robbins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to a time when Hollywood was young and the movie industry was just starting out. In Harold Robbins' second novel, he captures a bygone era of entertainment pioneers turning cinematic dreams into reality. The Dream Merchants is a story of powerful men and passionate women, doing whatever they have to in order to succeed. Johnny Edge is a former carny hustler, filled with schemes and ambition. Peter Kessler trades in a life of being stuck in the hardware business for the fortunes of moviemaking. Actress Dulcie Warren isn't afraid to use her sexuality to fulfill her ambitions. And if she has to take someone down to get to the top? That's show business. Their worlds collide on the studio back lots at Magnum Pictures in moments of intrigue and entanglement. Robbins' own experiences at Universal Studios laid the foundation for The Dream Merchants, the novel that would later be made into an all-star miniseries featuring Mark Harmon, Morgan Fairchild, Eve Arden, Robert Culp, Jose Ferrer, Robert Goulet, and Fernando Lamas.

Download or read book Regional Competitiveness written by Ron Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is now a wide spread interest in regions as a key focus in the organization and governance of economic growth and wealth creation. This important book considers the factors that influence and shape the competitive performance of regions. This is not just an issue of academic interest and debate, but also of increasing policy deliberation and action. However, as the readings in this book make clear, the very idea of regional competitiveness is itself complex and contentious. Many academics and policy makers have used the concept without fully considering what is meant by the term and how it can be measured. Policy formulation has tended to rush ahead of understanding and analysis, and the purpose of this book is to close this important gap in understanding. This book was previously published as a special issue of Regional Studies.

Download or read book Protect Or Plunder written by Vandana Shiva and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kinds of ideas, technologies, identification of genes, even manipulations of life forms that can be owned and exploited for profit by giant corporations is a vital issue for our times. The author argues that this Western-inspired, unprecedented widening of intellectual property concepts does not in fact stimulate human creativity and the generation of kowledge. Instead, it is being exploited by transnational corporations to increase their profits at the expense of the health of ordinary people and of the age-old knowledge and independence of the world's farmers. Intellectual protection is being transformed into corporate plunder. Little wonder popular feeling runs so high against the WTO that polices this new intellectual order, and the pharmaceutical, biotech and other corporations that benefit from it.

Download or read book The Mexican Economy written by George Philip and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, The Mexican Economy presents a comprehensive survey of the Mexican economy and its problems and argues that the crisis has more complex roots within the Mexican economy. It gives an equal weight to the long-term development of the Mexican economy and to the problems that have arisen since 1982. The contributors discuss issues like debt and oil-led development; Mexico’s 1986 financial rescue; the economic crisis and Mexican labour; the Mexican agricultural crisis; agriculture and environment; industrial decentralisation and regional policy, 1970–1986; Pemex and the petroleum sector; policies of the Mexican government towards NFRM; and Mexico’s maquiladora programme. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of economy, history, and political science.

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Download or read book Contrataci n internacional Tratados e Instrumentos normativos written by Jorge Albán and published by U. Externado de Colombia. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Departamento de Derecho de los Negocios, con el fin de generar una mayor consciencia en la región sobre las oportunidades y riesgos en el campo del comercio internacional, ha reunido a un selecto grupo de autores expertos en contratación internacional, para preparar este libro que aborda varios de los principales reglamentos del, derecho comercial internacional y del derecho internacional privado de los contratos, con los respectivos comentarios explicativos para facilitar la consulta, interpretación y aplicación de estos, tanto en las actividades académicas como en las profesionales, atendiendo a que estos temas e instrumentos normativos son todavía desconocidos en Latinoamérica. Los diferentes capítulos que lo componen abordan temáticas puntuales sobre aspectos relevantes en los contratos internacionales, relativos a los contratos de compraventa internacional de mercaderías; los términos Incoterms; el régimen jurídico de las cartas de crédito stand by; los contratos internacionales celebrados por medios electrónicos y el arbitraje internacional. Además de los análisis propios elaborados por los autores, contienen referencia a información doctrinaria, legislativa y jurisprudencial relevante. Con esta metodología se busca contribuir a la difusión y análisis de los principales instrumentos reguladores de transacciones internacionales y ofrecer de esta manera un texto a los operadores del derecho y al mundo empresarial colombiano para su correcta interpretación y aplicación, propendiendo por la seguridad jurídica y la certeza en el comercio internacional.

Download or read book Gu a pr ctica de contrataci n internacional 4 Edici n written by Alfonso Ortega Giménez and published by ESIC Editorial. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La necesidad de materializar las transacciones comerciales internacionales en un documento: el contrato internacional, a modo de recordatorio de los derechos y obligaciones de las partes contratantes, ha colocado a la contratación internacional en un lugar privilegiado en el nuevo escenario de la globalización y la internacionalización empresarial. La contratación internacional está adquiriendo cada día mayor incremento; y, los vínculos entre los operadores comerciales internacionales son cada vez más complejos, por la regulación contractual a través de medios tecnológicos y la complejidad financiera del mundo de las divisas. Los objetivos que se persiguen con esta obra son múltiples: no solo entender los aspectos jurídicos de la contratación internacional, conocer los principales instrumentos jurídicos que condicionan los contratos internacionales, sino también entender los aspectos principales a tener en cuenta a la hora de establecer un contrato internacional, y conocer las particularidades que presentan las principales modalidades de contratación internacional. Esta 3ª edición de la Guía práctica de contratación internacional, en línea con las dos ediciones anteriores, se presenta como una herramienta de trabajo útil y práctica, adaptada a la nueva realidad a la que las empresas se enfrentan en el complejo mundo de las operaciones de comercio internacional. Índice: Elementos básicos de la contratación internacional.- El contrato de compraventa internacional de mercaderías.- El contrato de agencia comercial internacional.- El contrato de concesión o distribución internacional.- El contrato de franquicia internacional.- El contrato de joint venture internacional.

Download or read book The Central Intelligence Agency written by Helen Cothran and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors debate how effective the CIA is in preventing threats to national security such as terrorism and discuss controversial agency activities such as assassinations and covert action.

Download or read book Issues in Finance and Accounting written by A. K. Pramanik and published by Kanishka Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: