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Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

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This series explores the roles of money and banking in the modern world. Banking is an increasingly important and international industry, and its interaction with money is a major concern for the world's economic policy-makers.

132 Series Titles


Competition and Profitability in European Financial Services Strategic, Systemic and Policy Issues

Competition and Profitability in European Financial Services: Strategic, Systemic and Policy Issues

1st Edition

By Morten Balling, Frank Lierman, Andy Mullineux
February 18, 2009

Financial services firms play a key role in the European economy. The efficiency and profitability of these firms and the competition among them have an impact on allocation of savings, financing of investment, economic growth, the stability of the financial system and the transmission of monetary ...

The Lender of Last Resort

The Lender of Last Resort

1st Edition

Edited By Forrest Capie, Geoffrey E. Wood
January 25, 2008

The capacity of national central banks to 'step in' and bail out an economy is one which has proved to be vitally important over the years. This collection from Wood and Capie brings together important literature for the first time in book form....

Islamic Economics and Finance A Glossary

Islamic Economics and Finance: A Glossary

2nd Edition

By Muhammad Akram Khan
September 17, 2007

Islamic economics and finance have increased in importance over the last few decades, with new Islamic financial institutions opening up and a number of important books published on the topic.This glossary, fully updated and revised for the new edition, uses easy to understand language to introduce...

Technology and Finance Challenges for Financial Markets, Business Strategies and Policy Makers

Technology and Finance: Challenges for Financial Markets, Business Strategies and Policy Makers

1st Edition

Edited By Morten Balling, Frank Lierman, Andy Mullineux
December 06, 2002

Technology and Finance analyses the dramatic implications of technology for today's financial sector, for productivity growth and for monetary policy. A wide range of financial market activities are now technology driven; technology is also crucial in retail, private and corporate banking, and it ...

Monetary Policy, Capital Flows and Exchange Rates Essays in Memory of Maxwell Fry

Monetary Policy, Capital Flows and Exchange Rates: Essays in Memory of Maxwell Fry

1st Edition

Edited By William Allen, David Dickinson
March 29, 2002

Maxwell Fry was known internationally for his research into international and domestic financial issues. This book constitutes a tribute to his pioneering work in so many areas, and draws together contributions from a range of academic and policy-making colleagues who were fortunate enough to ...

Monetary Stability in Europe

Monetary Stability in Europe

1st Edition

By Stefan Collignon
March 29, 2002

In this book, the author presents fresh perspectives on the theories surrounding European Monetary Union. Urging the reader to examine conventional ideas from new viewpoints, he discusses the events which led to EMU, analyses the current situation, and projects possible futures.Essential reading ...

Adapting to Financial Globalisation

Adapting to Financial Globalisation

1st Edition

Edited By Morten Balling, Elizabeth Hennessy, Eduard H. Hochreiter
July 25, 2001

Adapting to the demands of financial globalisation is currently one of the most pressing preoccupations of bankers, financial institutions and financial authorities. Many aspects of this issue are addressed in this volume, based on a colloquium held in Vienna in April 2000 by the Société ...

Finance A Characteristics Approach

Finance: A Characteristics Approach

1st Edition

Edited By David Blake
June 05, 2000

Since the 1980s, the characteristics model in economics has been applied to the field of finance, and offers a fresh perspective for understanding financial behaviour. This book brings together some of the latest research by leading exponents of the characteristics model and its application to ...

Organisational Change and Retail Finance An Ethnographic Perspective

Organisational Change and Retail Finance: An Ethnographic Perspective

1st Edition

By Richard Harper, David Randall, Mark Rouncefield
February 08, 2000

Financial organizations, like many others, are undergoing radical change. This is affecting both their organizational processes and the technology that supports those processes. This book reports on the use of sociological ethnography in helping guide these changes, both in terms of helping better ...

The Future of European Financial Centres

The Future of European Financial Centres

1st Edition

By Kirsten Bindemann
November 12, 1999

This volume examines the future of European financial centres in the context of economic and monetary union (EMU). Based on original empirical research, it investigates the relative competitiveness of European financial centres, with special reference to London and Frankfurt, in the context of the ...

Payment Systems in Global Perspective

Payment Systems in Global Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Maxwell J. Fry
May 05, 1999

This book provides an authoritative overview of the complex practical and policy implications of international payments systems by central bankers from both developed and developing countries, Payments Systems in Global Perspective presents the results of a survey of international central bank ...

Private Banking in Europe Serious Wealth

Private Banking in Europe: Serious Wealth

1st Edition

By Lynn Bicker
June 20, 1996

Private banking is one of the highest growth and most profitable financial businesses in Europe. A large proportion of the market remains untapped and the 1990s are likely to bring significant expansion in developing countries. Private Banking in Europe provides new insights into the private ...

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