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Hardback. In 2004, Spain's Banco Santander purchased Britain's Abbey National Bank in a deal valued at fifteen billion dollars - an acquisition that made Santander one of the ten largest financial institutions in the world. This work reveals how strategic decisions made by the family drove Santander's unprecedented rise to global prominence. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBT; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131252
ISBN
9780691131252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet, such crises remain common throughout the world. This title examines the causes of banking crises around the world, focusing on the lender of last resort; prudential regulation and the management of risk; and solvency regulations. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131467
ISBN
9780691131467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.50
€ 74.99

Hardback. The efficiency of financial markets depends on the operation of core infrastructure - exchanges, central counter-parties, and central securities depositories. This book examines how markets are, and should be, run. It evaluates the similarities and differences between exchanges, central counter-parties, and central securities depositories. Num Pages: 472 pages, 25 halftones. 21 tables. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133539
ISBN
9780691133539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 64.47

Paperback. The World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise. Critics are especially quick to decry the World Bank's hypocrisy - the pervasive gaps between the organization's talk, decisions, and actions. This book explores how the characteristics of change in a complex international organization make hypocrisy difficult to resolve. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138190
ISBN
9780691138190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.27

Hardback. The crash of 2008 revealed that the world's central banks had failed to offset the financial imbalances that led to the crisis, and lacked the tools to respond effectively. This title provides an insider's look into how central banks have evolved and why they are critical to the functioning of market economies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138640
ISBN
9780691138640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 53.97

Paperback. Traces Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo's triumph over a monetary crisis at the outbreak of World War I that threatened the United States with financial disaster. This title recreates the drama of America's battle for financial credibility. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 16 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; KCA; KCX; KFFD; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138763
ISBN
9780691138763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Introduces the concept of indifference pricing in models of discrete time and finite state spaces where duality theory can be exploited readily. This book also discusses utility indifference pricing for diffusion models, and addresses problems of optimal design of derivatives. Editor(s): Carmona, Rene. Series: Princeton Series in Financial Engineering. Num Pages: 440 pages, 7 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138831
ISBN
9780691138831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.31
€ 106.53

Hardback. Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. This book takes a comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the years in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 44 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139050
ISBN
9780691139050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Suitable for advanced PhD courses in public finance and macroeconomics, this book provides a formal connection between the problem of dynamic optimal taxation and dynamic principal-agent contracting theory. Series: Toulouse Lectures in Economics S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: KFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139159
ISBN
9780691139159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Offers an introduction to the theoretical and methodological foundations of competitive asset pricing. This book develops the fundamentals of arbitrage pricing, mean-variance analysis, equilibrium pricing, and optimal consumption/portfolio choice in discrete settings, with emphasis on geometric and martingale methods. Series: Princeton Series in Finance. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 line illus. BIC Classification: KCD; KCH; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139852
ISBN
9780691139852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.75
€ 71.49

Hardback. Provides a look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. This title argues that advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access to credit. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 line illus. 10 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140575
ISBN
9780691140575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Is the patent system fundamentally broken, or can it be fixed with a few modest reforms? This book looks at the economic performance of patents. It asks whether patents work well as property rights, and, if not, what institutional and legal reforms are necessary to make the patent system more effective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM; KJD; LNRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143217
ISBN
9780691143217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. This title shows how the failure to abandon this assumption hinders our understanding of how markets work, why price swings help allocate capital to worthy companies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCK; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145778
ISBN
9780691145778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. This title follows the trajectory of this market populism, and examines the origins and impact of the mass engagement in investing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones. 1 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145860
ISBN
9780691145860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Dealer banks - that is, large banks that deal in securities and derivatives, such as J P Morgan and Goldman Sachs - are of a size and complexity that sharply distinguish them from typical commercial banks. This book examines how these banks collapse and how we can prevent the need to bail them out. Num Pages: 112 pages, 13 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148854
ISBN
9780691148854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Editor(s): Frydman, Roman; Phelps, Edmund S. Num Pages: 440 pages, 48 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KFF; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155234
ISBN
9780691155234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 53.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: KCLF; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163956
ISBN
9780691163956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 968 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168234
ISBN
9780691168234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07
€ 45.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 halftones. 79 line illus. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 268 x 30. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168739
ISBN
9780691168739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 90.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170992
ISBN
9780691170992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

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