Economics, Business Studies
Making the Financial System Sustainable Paul G. Fisher | University of Cambridge
This volume of essays is a must-read for anyone working in connection with financial sector policy and sustainability. Acting as a bridge between policy and academia, this volume brings leading experts of the HLEG together to discuss how the financial system can be reformed to promote sustainability. • Offers readers further analysis into the 2017 HLEG from some of the main thought leaders on sustainable Finance – people who have helped shape the current agenda and who have strong views on how it should develop • Covers the policy ground, from a high-level systems view to detailed regulatory issues, from technical issues such as risk analysis or use of benchmarks, through to the involvement of citizens - there is something important in here for everyone connected with the financial sector • The authors include academics, financial professionals and NGOs; the book is also written for politicians, civil servants, journalists and students, and will appeal to a wide range of people across fields and disciplines 300pp 10. 2020 9781108842297 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108908269
Seeking Virtue in Finance Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry JC de Swaan | Princeton University, New Jersey
Drawing from inspiring individuals, JC de Swaan proposes a framework for pursuing a viable career in Finance while benefiting society and upholding humanistic values. In doing so, he challenges traditional concepts of success in the industry. This will also engage readers outside of Finance who are concerned about the industry’s impact on society • Challenges traditional concepts of success in Finance and business more broadly • Counters the narrative of badly behaving, self-serving Finance professionals by shining a light on inspiring individuals in the industry • Will appeal to those who either contemplate working in the Finance industry or currently work in it and are concerned about being corrupted by the industry • Suggests a path to help improve Finance from within and restore its focus on serving society 246pp 9. 2020 9781108473132 Hardback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108561815
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The Growth of Shadow Banking A Comparative Institutional Analysis Matthias Thiemann
History of Economic Thought and Methodology Progress through Regression The Life Story of the Empirical Cobb-Douglas Production Function Jeff E. Biddle | Michigan State University
Using the empirical Cobb-Douglas production function as case study, the general phenomenon of the diffusion of newresearch tools in economics is addressed, and the intersection of this history with that of several important empirical research programs will appeal to historians of twentieth century economics and other social sciences. • Intersects the history of the Cobb-Douglas regression with the history of many previously under-studied empirical research programmes in twentieth century economics • Comprehensive discussion of Cobb-Douglas regression in non-technical language • Provides a fine-grained account of the actual research process in twentieth century empirical economics Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics 350pp 11. 2020 9781108492263 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108679312
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Resources, Production and Structural Dynamics Mauro L. Baranzini | Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Resources, Production and Structural Dynamics offers a fresh approach to the economic theory of resources, outlining a new structural framework for the political economy of scarcity and rents, and proposing a novel way of organising empirical evidence concerning the role of resources in industrial growth. • Outlines a new approach to the economic theory of resources - will appeal to economists, social scientists and policy makers interested in moving beyond the approach to resources in terms of optimal allocation models • Proposes a new structural framework for the political economy of resources – readers will appreciate the treatment of resources in a modified input-output frame emphasising the interdependence between ‘producible’ and ‘non-producible’ resources • Outlines a new way of organising empirical evidence concerning resources in industrial growth – provides readers with a new set of empirical indicators showing the impact of structural changes upon the patterns of resources use, such as the switch from hydrocarbons to renewable resources 519pp 19 b/w illus. 19 tables 1. 2020 9781107437319 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 4. 2015 9781107079090 Hardback GBP 85.99 / USD 120.95 eISBN 9781139940948
By analyzing the growth and regulation of shadow banking activities by large banks in Western Europe and the US, this book illuminates how the evolution of Finance, driven by structural pressures and financial innovations, is crucially mediated through state-Finance interactions on the meaning of rules and the need to comply. • Considers how globalization shapes the regulation of Finance • Explains why regulation failed but also when and why it worked • Analyzes the rise of shadow banking in Germany, the Netherlands and France as well as the better known cases of the US and UK 305pp 6 b/w illus. 7 maps 8. 2020 9781316614167 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 35.99 5. 2018 9781107161986 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781316676837
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