Banking the world : empirical foundations of financial inclusion / / edited by Robert Cull, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, and Jonathan Morduch
| Banking the world : empirical foundations of financial inclusion / / edited by Robert Cull, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, and Jonathan Morduch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.109172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Finance - Developing countries
Banks and banking - Developing countries Financial institutions - Developing countries |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-30507-0
1-283-90641-4 0-262-30599-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Introduction: Banking the World; I Where Are We Now?; 2 Half the World Is Unbanked; II Better Data; 3 Cause and Effect of Financial Access: Cross-Country Evidence from the FinScope Surveys; 4 How to Ask Households about Financial Services: Experimental Evidence from Ghana and Timor-Leste; 5 Going with the Flow: Measuring Financial Usage in Poor Households; III Creating Impact; 6 The Economic Impact of Expanding Access to Finance in Mexico; 7 Finance and Hunger: Empirical Evidence of the Agricultural Productivity Channel
8 Entrepreneurial Finance in the Western Balkans: Characteristics of the Newly Self-Employed in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia IV Cautionary Tales; 9 The Impact of International Remittances on Income, Work Efforts, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys; 10 Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe - Opportunity or Burden?; V More than Products; 11 Measuring Personality Traits and Predicting Loan Default with Experiments and Surveys; 12 Valuing Financial Literacy; 13 Use of Biometric Technology in Developing Countries 14 Accessing Credit from Banks, Microfinance Institutions, and Informal Groups: What Is the Role of Social Capital? VI Conclusion; 15 Ten Research Questions; Contributors; Index |
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| Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2013] | ||
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Birth of a market : the U.S. Treasury securities market from the Great War to the Great Depression / / Kenneth D. Garbade
| Birth of a market : the U.S. Treasury securities market from the Great War to the Great Depression / / Kenneth D. Garbade |
| Autore | Garbade Kenneth D |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.63/2420973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Government securities - United States - History
Investments - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Economic History
ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
1-283-44890-4
9786613448903 0-262-29867-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : before the Great War -- The payments system before World War I -- Treasury debt management before World War I : financing the Great War -- Treasury finance during World War I -- Designing the liberty loans -- Marketing the liberty loans -- Treasury cash management : certificates of indebtedness -- Treasury cash management : war loan deposit accounts -- Federal Reserve support of the treasury market during World War I -- Coda on treasury debt management during World War I : paying down the war debt -- Treasury finance during the 1920s -- Paying down the war debt -- Revival of the over-the-counter market -- Evolution of the primary market and the introduction of treasury bills -- Coda on treasury debt management during the 1920s : the Great Depression -- Treasury finance during the Great Depression -- Non-marketable treasury debt -- Treasury debt management during the great contraction -- Treasury debt management during the new deal -- The primary market during the Great Depression -- Statutory control of treasury indebtedness -- The brief revival and subsequent extinction of national bank notes -- Coda on treasury debt management during the Great Depression -- Treasury debt management since 1939. |
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Bond markets in Latin America : on the verge of a big bang? / / edited by Eduardo Borensztein [and others]
| Bond markets in Latin America : on the verge of a big bang? / / edited by Eduardo Borensztein [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.63/23098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BorenszteinEduardo |
| Soggetto topico | Bond market - Latin America |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/International Economics
ECONOMICS/Political Economy ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-31026-0
0-262-26902-3 1-4356-5148-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Building bond markets in Latin America / Eduardo Borensztein ... [et al.] -- How can emerging market economies benefit from a corporate bond market? / Patrick Bolton and Xavier Freixas -- Development of the Mexican bond market / Sara G. Castellanos and Lorenza Martinez -- Corporate bond markets in Argentina / Roque B. Fernández, Sergio Pernice, and Jorge M. Streb -- Development of Colombian bond markets / Camila Aguilar ... [et al.] -- Development of the Chilean corporate bond market / Matías Braun and Ignacio Briones -- Development of the Brazilian bond market / Ricardo P.C. Leal and Andre L. Carvalhal-da-Silva -- The fixed-income market in Uruguay / Julio de Brun ... [et al.] -- Prospects for Latin American bond markets : a cross-country view / Barry Eichengreen, Ugo Panizza, and Eduardo Borensztein. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782289903321 |
| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Competitive strategy : options and games / / Benoit Chevalier-Roignant, Lenos Trigeorgis
| Competitive strategy : options and games / / Benoit Chevalier-Roignant, Lenos Trigeorgis |
| Autore | Chevalier-Roignant Benoît <1983-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Options (Finance)
Investment analysis Game theory |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Game Theory
ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-29783-3
1-283-42076-7 9786613420763 0-262-29871-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Strategy, games, and options -- The strategy challenge -- Strategic management and competitive advantage -- Market structure games : static approaches -- Market structure games : dynamic approaches -- Uncertainty, flexibility, and real options -- Option games : discrete-time analysis -- An integrated approach to strategy : option games -- Option to invest -- Innovation investment in two-stage games -- Option games : continuous-time models -- Investment and expansion options : monopoly -- Oligopoly : simultaneous investment -- Leadership and early-mover advantage -- Preemption vs. cooperation in a duopoly -- Extensions and other applications. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789891903321 |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
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Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr
| Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / / Tanina Rostain and Milton C. Regan, Jr |
| Autore | Rostain Tanina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336.2/06 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ReganMilton C |
| Soggetto topico |
Tax shelters - United States - History
Tax shelters - Law and legislation - United States - History Corporations - Taxation - United States - History Taxation - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
ECONOMICS/Finance ECONOMICS/Public Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-32317-6
0-262-52977-7 0-262-32316-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments and Note on Sources; Introduction; Part I Shelters Rising; 1 The IRS under Siege; 2 Why Tax Shelters Matter; 3 Gimme Shelters; Part II Accounting Firms; 4 The Skunk Works; 5 Watson's Choice; 6 Accounting for Fraud; 7 Dances with Wolves; Part III Law Firms; 8 The Texas Juggernaut; 9 Lowering the Bar; Part IV The Reckoning; 10 Turning the Tide; 11 The Government Closes In; 12 Endgame: KPMG and Jenkens; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Currency boards in retrospect and prospect / / Holger C. Wolf [and others]
| Currency boards in retrospect and prospect / / Holger C. Wolf [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.4/56 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WolfHolger C |
| Collana | CESifo book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Currency boards - History
Currency boards - Europe, Eastern Currency boards - Argentina Monetary policy - Europe, Eastern Monetary policy - Argentina |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Macroeconomics
ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-30993-9
1-282-09959-0 9786612099595 0-262-28641-6 1-4356-4330-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Currency boards : history, theory, and institutions -- Currency boards in historical perspective -- Why do countries choose currency boards? -- Modern currency boards : structural and institutional aspects -- Macroeconomic performance -- Stylized facts -- Inflation and disinflation under alternative exchange rate regimes -- Output growth and trade performance -- Argentina -- Case studies in modern currency boards : the European experience -- Euro-based currency boards : introduction -- Estonia -- Lithuania -- Bulgaria -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Euro-based currency boards : an assessment -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781926303321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Debt defaults and lessons from a decade of crises / / Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
| Debt defaults and lessons from a decade of crises / / Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer |
| Autore | Sturzenegger Federico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336.3/435091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ZettelmeyerJeromin |
| Soggetto topico |
Debts, External - Developing countries
Debt relief - Developing countries |
| Soggetto non controllato |
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
ECONOMICS/Finance ECONOMICS/International Economics |
| ISBN |
1-282-09809-8
9786612098093 0-262-28454-5 1-4294-6091-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
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Dodging Bullets : Changing U.S. Corporate Capital Structure in the 1980s and 1990s
| Dodging Bullets : Changing U.S. Corporate Capital Structure in the 1980s and 1990s |
| Autore | McCauley Robert N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : MIT Press, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.80973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RuddJudith S
IaconoFrank |
| Soggetto topico |
Leveraged buyouts - United States - History - 20th century
Consolidation and merger of corporations - United States - History - 20th century Corporations - United States - Finance - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato | ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-26366-1
0-262-27938-X 0-585-17623-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Dodging Bullets""; ""Contents""; ""About the Authors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The End of the 1980's""; ""Why the 1980's Stopped: Leveraging as a Mania""; ""Why the 1980's Stopped: Did Judges, Lawmakers, and Regulators Kill the Leveraging Business?""; ""RJR-Nabisco: A Case Study""; ""The 1990's""; ""The Legacy of Debt and Corporate Refinancing in the 1990's""; ""Relieving the Burden of Interest on Cash Flow""; ""The Equity Infusion Reverse LBO's""; ""Cheap Equity Capital for Young Firms""; ""Mergers and Acquisitions in the 1990's""; ""Lessons""
""Policy and Asset Inflation""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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| Cambridge, : MIT Press, 2015 | ||
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Economics after the crisis : objectives and means / / Adair Turner
| Economics after the crisis : objectives and means / / Adair Turner |
| Autore | Turner Adair |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (123 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330 |
| Collana | Lionel Robbins lectures |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Economic policy Free enterprise Economics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Finance
ECONOMICS/Macroeconomics |
| ISBN |
0-262-30099-0
1-280-49905-2 9786613594280 0-262-30175-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic growth, human welfare and inequality -- Financial markets: efficiency, stability and income distribution -- Economic freedom, public policy and the discipline of economics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789923003321 |
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The economics of consumer credit / / Giuseppe Bertola, Richard Disney, and Charles Grant, editors
| The economics of consumer credit / / Giuseppe Bertola, Richard Disney, and Charles Grant, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.7/43 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BertolaGiuseppe
DisneyRichard GrantCharles (Charles Benedict) |
| Soggetto topico | Consumer credit |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ECONOMICS/Microeconomics
ECONOMICS/Finance |
| ISBN |
0-262-26837-X
1-282-09740-7 9786612097409 1-4294-7721-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The economics of consumer credit demand and supply / Giuseppe Bertola, Richard Disney, Charles Grant -- Consumer credit markets in the United States and Europe / Nicola Jentzsch, Ampara San Jos?e Riestra -- Household debt demand and supply: a cross-country comparison / Jonathan N. Crook -- Regulation, formal and informal enforcement, and the development of the household loan market: lessons from Italy / Luca Casolaro, Leonardo Gambacorta, Luigi Guiso -- Housing wealth and the accumulation of financial debt: evidence from U.K. households / Sarah Bridges, Richard Disney, Andrew Henley -- Credit cards: facts and theories / Carol C. Bertaut, Michael Haliassos -- Bankruptcy and consumer behavior: theory and U.S. evidence / Michelle J. White -- The evolution of the credit counseling industry in the United States / Michael Staten -- Development and regulation of consumer credit reporting in the United States / Robert M. Hunt -- The role and effects of credit information sharing / Tullio Jappelli, Marco Pagano. |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006 | ||
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