Economy & Finance

In this book, leading experts present rigorous, readable studies of education policies and school markets in 11 European countries from Ireland to Ukraine, offering lessons for researchers, policymakers and educators. The chapters included in this book were originally published in the Journal of School Choice.

Technology Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice compiles the essential research knowledge about principles and practices in technology entrepreneurship.

Technology Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice compiles the essential research knowledge about principles and practices in technology entrepreneurship.

Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah was a genius and prolific writer.Anyone who has an interest in the Qur'ans translation, Hadith literatureInternational Islamic Law, Islamic Politics and archival heritage of Islamcannot ignore Dr. Hamidullah's contributions. He started writings on thesubject of Islamic Economics as early as the 1930s. He was a pioneer in Islamiceconomics and many firsts in this subject belong to him. For instance: interest freefinancial institutions in the modern period, advocacy of mutuality as thebasis for Islamic insurance, mutuality based Islamic finance and proposal forestablishment of international interest-free monetary fund. He also critiquescurrent systems and offers an alternative. His works are also a rich sourceof Islamic economic history. None of his contemporaries in the first half oftwentieth century had written on such a diverse aspect of the subject.

An essential primer on an important yet understudied type of financial marketMany of the largest financial markets in the world do not organize trade through an exchange but rather operate within a decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) structure. Understanding how these markets work has become increasingly important in recent years, as illiquidity in certain OTC markets has appeared as the first signs of trouble-if not the cause itself-of the past two financial crises. However, standard models of financial markets are not suitable for studying the causes of illiquidity in OTC markets, nor the optimal policy response. The Economics of Over-the-Counter Markets proposes a unified search-theoretic framework designed to explicitly capture the key features of OTC markets, confront the growing set of stylized facts from these markets, and provide guidance for policies designed to promote liquidity and resiliency. This incisive book covers empirical regularities that are common across OTC markets, develops the methodological tools to analyze the benchmark theoretical models in the academic literature, and extends these models to confront the latest issues facing these markets. Covers a broad range of topics, including asset pricing, liquidity, transaction costs, asymmetric information, financial crises, and market designAn ideal textbook for graduate students in economics and financeAn invaluable resource for policymakers seeking a framework to assess the impact of new developments in fixed-income and short-term funding markets

This essential guide to financial communication provides a concise critical overview of this increasingly important field. It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of public relations, financial communication, accounting and financial management as well as practitioners working in financial PR and investor relations.