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Hardcover. British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary situation and that of 1951. Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383815
- ISBN
- 9781137383815
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€ 123.19
€ 123.19
Hardcover. What has gone wrong with economics? Economists now routinely devise highly sophisticated abstract models that score top marks for theoretical rigour but are clearly divorced from observable activities in the current economy. This creates an 'uneconomic economics', where models explain relationships in blackboard rather than real-life markets. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCL; KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385482
- ISBN
- 9781137385482
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€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Sovereign Risk and Public-Private Partnership During the Euro Crisis
Campra, Maura, Oricchio, Gianluca, Braja, Eug...
Hardcover. This book is an examination of the sovereign risk and debt limit issues facing the Eurozone (crisis/post crisis) and the need for alternative mechanisms to fund the capital investment requirements of the region. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFD; KFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390806
- ISBN
- 9781137390806
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€ 122.53
€ 122.53
The Chinese Stock Market. A Retrospect and Analysis from 2002. A Retro...
. Ed(S): Cheng, Siwei; Li, Ziran
Hardback. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis is used to review China's stock market in a book containing the latest research on China's IPO market, the 2006-07 market bubble, the development of institutional investors, the stock index futures market, stock sector performance, corporate governance of listed firms and China's growth enterprise market. Editor(s): Cheng, Siwei; Li, Ziran. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCX; KFFM2; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391094
- ISBN
- 9781137391094
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€ 123.99
€ 123.99
Hardcover. This book explores the changing socio-economic and technological landscape of the 21 century and what it means. It adopts an industrial economic approach, whilst proposing a road map leading to the adoption of a 'societal market economy' model as an appealing and politically acceptable third-way between capitalism and socialism. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCS; KCX; KJC; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392893
- ISBN
- 9781137392893
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€ 64.98
€ 64.98
The Icelandic Financial Crisis. A Study into the World's Smallest Curr...
Jonsson, Asgeir; Sigurgeirsson, Hersir
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 349 pages, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394545
- ISBN
- 9781137394545
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€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Hardcover. This study discusses and analyses the broad issues that have underpinned the current European economic crisis. It examines the experiences of three countries - Greece, Ireland, and Portugal - which reveal an economic system which lacks the adjustment mechanisms that countries with sovereign currencies take for granted. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396013
- ISBN
- 9781137396013
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€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. This volume provides a pluralistic discussion from world-renowned scholars on the international aspects of the debt crisis and prospects for resolution. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of how the debt crisis has impacted Western Europe, the emerging markets and Latin America, and puts forward different suggestions for recovery. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Heymann, Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 3JMC; 3JMG; JPQB; KCL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411471
- ISBN
- 9781137411471
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Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Hardcover. This book provides novel insight into the governance of banks and looks at regulatory measures for strengthening bank stability. It includes empirical studies on the relationship between the board structures of banks and their financial risk-taking and analyses the determinants of bank reputation and the future prospects of small banks. Editor(s): Lindblom, Ted; Sjogren, Stefan; Willesson, Magnus. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413536
- ISBN
- 9781137413536
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Condition: New
€ 144.24
€ 144.24
Hardcover. As national leaders struggle to revive their economies, the people of Europe face a stark reality, which has created an opportunity for local leaders and citizen movers and shakers to rise to the occasion to spur revitalization from the bottom up. The author offers a six-point plan to prosperity. Series: Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427045
- ISBN
- 9781137427045
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€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardcover. Tillmann C. Lauk discusses law-making at the European level and argues that problems with EU legislation, banking regulation and currency debasement are due to a lack of democratic control. He insists on the need for radical reform both of banking and of international money and makes an important contribution to the debate on the future of finance. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCX; KFFK; LNPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432957
- ISBN
- 9781137432957
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€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardcover. Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KJVB; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436986
- ISBN
- 9781137436986
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€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardcover. Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics chronicles Japan's Great Stagnation and reveals the striking similarities of economic events and policies between the Great Stagnation and the current Great Recession. It also suggests possible dangers ahead and way-outs in the future. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438843
- ISBN
- 9781137438843
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€ 154.13
€ 154.13
Hardcover. Macroprudential policies, tools and supervision have become important since the last financial crisis. This book addresses general and methodological issues and provides a framework for the analysis of macroprudential policies and supervision in insurance. It focuses on policy related issues and global level aspects of macroprudential in insurance. Editor(s): Monkiewicz, Jan; Malecki, Marian. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439093
- ISBN
- 9781137439093
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€ 123.19
€ 123.19
The British Growth Crisis. The Search for a New Model.
. Ed(S): Green, Jeremy; Hay, Colin; Taylor-Go...
hardcover. Britain remains mired in the most severe and prolonged economic crisis that it has faced since the 1930s. What would it take to find a new, more stable and more sustainable growth model for Britain in the years ahead? This important volume written by a number of influential commentators seeks to provide some answers. Editor(s): Green, Jeremy; Hay, Colin; Taylor-Gooby, Peter. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441515
- ISBN
- 9781137441515
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€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Hardback. This book uses a methodology combining law and finance to examine the rules surrounding state guarantees in the Eurozone. Series: Roma Tre Business and Finance Collection. Num Pages: 159 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JMC; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 353.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441553
- ISBN
- 9781137441553
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€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Hardcover. The book chronicles the Occupation Loan that was forcibly obtained by the Third Reich from the Greece in 1942-1944 and demonstrates why Greece's claim for the repayment of the loan is still valid. To overcome the absence of a normal debt agreement between the two countries, various assessments of its current value are presented and discussed. Num Pages: 85 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441942
- ISBN
- 9781137441942
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€ 63.03
€ 63.03
Hardcover. Shelton investigates the conditionality regime directed at 'transforming societies' inside EU candidate states. He offers a new understanding of conditionality that incorporates the social and subjective dimensions of the 'European project', locating the ambitions and limits of conditionality in the ideas of political economy. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443168
- ISBN
- 9781137443168
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€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Hardback. Wayne Hope highlights the incessant conflicts between real-time and clock time, presentism and temporality, coevalness and allochronism within global capitalism. He argues that these pervade global media, finance, political economies, workplaces and everyday life, and were central to the 2008 financial crisis. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; GTC; JPA; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137443458
- ISBN
- 9781137443458
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€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. In this book the author evaluates the benefits and shortcomings of specific types of financial regulation. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137447098
- ISBN
- 9781137447098
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€ 143.79
€ 143.79
Hardcover. This book discusses how FVA affects financial reporting during the 2008 Financial Crisis. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 130 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: KCL; KCX; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448255
- ISBN
- 9781137448255
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Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Cyprus and the Financial Crisis: The Controversial Bailout and What it...
Theodore, John, Theodore, Jonathan
Hardcover. This book presents a study of the events surrounding the recent Cypriot Financial Crisis and its impact on the Eurozone. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1QFE; 3JMG; KCX; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452740
- ISBN
- 9781137452740
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€ 122.12
€ 122.12
Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalization ...
Green, Andy, Janmaat, Jan Germen
Paperback. In this volume, now in paperback, Green and Janmaat employ an original and highly interdisciplinary mixed method approach to identify four major traditions of social cohesion in developed societies, analyzing how these various mechanisms are withstanding the strains of the current global financial crisis. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 52 figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453242
- ISBN
- 9781137453242
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. How could tiny Iceland build a banking system in less than a decade that proportionally exceeded Switzerland's? Why did the bankers decide to grow the system so fast? How did businesses tunnel money out of the banking system? And why didn't anybody stop them? Bringing Down the Banking System answers these questions. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCBM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455574
- ISBN
- 9781137455574
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Condition: New
€ 121.61
€ 121.61