Books in the Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics: series

Presents the latest scholarly research on the current developments in financial systems and how these processes are evolving due to new regulations and technical advances. This book features timely, research-based chapters on a variety of crucial topics including payment timing, multi-layer networks, transaction simulations, payment system analysis, and regulation of financial marketplaces.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the importance of information asymmetries and uncertainties and their effects on the overall regulation of financial industries. This publication features extensive coverage on a wide range of perspectives, such as financial reporting standards, investor confidence, and capital flows.

Financial markets around the world can affect each other in a matter of seconds as financial information systems are programmed to buy or sell stocks and financial derivatives automatically when activated by sudden changes in global market trends and conditions. Information Systems for Global Financial Markets: Emerging Developments and Effects offers focused research on the systems and technologies that provide intelligence and expertise to traders and investors and facilitate the agile ordering processes, networking, and regulation of global financial electronic markets. How these systems work to manipulate, move, and provide intelligence to the stock market is still a mystery to many students, and it is the intent of this book to provide real-world cases and examples that can unveil these systems to business students interested in financial trading, the dynamics of financial electronic markets, and the tactical technologies that facilitate the trading process and trading decisions.

The global economic crises of recent years have offered some sobering lessons, compelling economists, political scientists, and policymakers to reconsider traditional theories regarding the cultivation of developing nations. This title empirically explores the relationship between a number of variables, including consumer confidence, private-sector performance, and governmental regulation.

International migration and urbanization are potential solutions for stabilizing the global economy and bolstering local and regional economies. However, if unregulated, they can also put market stability at risk and cause new social problems in both developed and developing countries. This title takes a close look at the impact of urbanization and international migration on the global economy.

This reference promotes a better understanding of payment systems and encourages progress on enhancing the safety and efficiency of payment systems. It is a valuable tool for academics and researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, relevant parties of authority and central banks, and professionals in payment business who need a complete understanding of payment systems.