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This study examines whether pension plans achieved satisfactory investment results when compared to conventional market indexes. Pension plan managers and accountants who audit or advise them will be most interested in obtaining this book, as will academics doing research on pension plan performance.

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This timely volume brings together professors of finance and accounting from Japanese universities to examine the Japanese stock market in terms of its pricing and accounting systems.

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Introduces a more realistic and holistic framework called KuU - the Known, the unknown, and the Unknowable - that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective strategies for managing them.

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Looks at Ghana as a would-be African economic lion and shows how tradition, culture, and lifestyle impact development.

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Dr. Kwaw provides a wide-ranging discussion of the offshore banking and finance process, structure, and lawincluding, among other topics, eurocurrency wholesale deposits, international funds transfers, eurocurrency syndicated loans, eurosecurities issues, securities regulation, and swap-driven financing.

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This book considers the 1996 Miami fiscal crisis in terms of elite perceptions, comparative economics, and ethnic entitlement. The crisis itself is examined, its causes and consequences identified, and the uneven pace of recovery detailed. The possibility for political reform is weighed. Dluhy teach

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In The Money Miners, Trevor Sykes writes of how and why mining shares rose and fell so dramatically at the end of 1969, and traces the scandals and collapse of many companies in the wildest stock market boom Australia has ever seen. Ultimately, this is a story of greed, a story of those who were more interested in mining money rather than minerals.

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This fully updated, authoritative guide to increasing the earning power of financial resources offers advice on a range of issues facing investors, including choosing brokers and mutual funds and shopping online for stocks and bonds.

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Examines the US policy process toward five multilateral development banks as a case study in how the USA manages its participation in multilateral institutions. The USA's participation in these institutions is important as they increasingly influence US relations with the developing world.

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Examines the US policy process toward five multilateral development banks as a case study in how the USA manages its participation in multilateral institutions. The USA's participation in these institutions is important as they increasingly influence US relations with the developing world.

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Bank failures, crises, global banking, megamergers, changes in technologythe effect of these world events is to weaken existing methods of regulating bank safety and soundness, and even to make some methods ineffective.

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Presents the innovative principles needed to address the instability of the markets and to rebuild our financial system. This book traces the evolution of ideas and institutions in the American banking system since the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913. It explains how the Fed took classic central banking wisdom from Britain and Europe.

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An examination of an early version of the debate over money, debt, and taxes sheds light on current debates regarding public finance, a balanced budget, and paying off the public debt.

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Asset pricing theory abounds with elegant mathematical models. To what extent, however, can these models predict what actually happens in financial markets This book argues that the empirical record is weak at best. It investigates the scientific character of the pricing of financial assets.

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He fully examines the current banking crisis against the background of historical changes in U.S. banking, demonstrating that banking change in this country is most often crisis driven--due primarily to the failure of the legislature and the government to solve major problems before they become major crises.

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In developing a complete theory of prudence, this text covers decision mechanisms and banking culture, using numerous specific examples of actual bank imprudence. The theory is applied across bank functions of credit, investments, funding and management.

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This unique book examines the re-emergence of a securities market in the People's Republic of China, providing a comprehensive analysis of the market forces that are transforming China's centrally planned economy.

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According to Fixer Jay, many wealthy investors earn 20, 30, and even 40 times more money than the average person--but that doesn't mean they're 20, 30, or 40 times smarter, nor do they work that much harder. The big difference is in how they manage their financial affairs. In The Real Estate Fisherman, you'll learn how to invest in real estate and manage your finances like a millionaire.

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Your next real estate investment doesnt have to be so risky. Learn how to crunch the right numbers before you commit capital.