Frederic S Mishkin, Stanley Eakins

Financial Markets and Institutions, Global Edition (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Gain the necessary tools for a successful future in business and finance with this comprehensive text.

Financial Markets and Institutions, 9th edition, Global Edition, by bestselling authors Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins, serves as a comprehensive companion to courses in financial markets. The text adopts a practical approach to the changing landscape of financial markets, introducing you to core principles and then teaching you how to apply these models to real-world scenarios. Empirical applications of themes help develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, preparing you for a future career in business and finance.

This ninth edition has been updated to include brand new material on topics such as monetary policy, financial markets and institutions, and also includes an additional appendices section available online.

With expert advice from two knowledgeable authors on the subject, this book guides you through the core concepts of financial markets and gives you the tools to succeed in the business world.

This title comes with a Companion Website.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292215037
• Artikelnr.: 50915167

Autorenporträt

Frederic S. Mishkin is the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. From September 2006 to August 2008, he was a member (governor) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and past president of the Eastern Economics Association. Since receiving his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, he has taught at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Princeton University, and Columbia University. He has also received an honorary professorship from the People's (Renmin) University of China. From 1994 to 1997, he was executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an associate economist of the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System.

Mishkin's research focuses on monetary policy and its impact on financial markets and the aggregate economy. He is the author of more than twenty books.

Stanley G. Eakins has notable experience as a financial practitioner, serving as vice president and comptroller at the First National Bank of Fairbanks and as a commercial and real estate loan officer. A founder of the Denali Title and Escrow Agency, a title insurance company in Fairbanks, Alaska, he also ran the operations side of a bank and was the chief finance officer for a multimillion-dollar construction and development company.

Professor Eakins received his PhD from Arizona State University. He is the Dean for the College of Business at East Carolina University. His research is focused primarily on the role of institutions in corporate control and how they influence investment practices. He is also interested in integrating multimedia tools into the learning environment and has received grants from East Carolina University in support of this work.

A contributor to journals such as the 'Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics', the 'Journal of Financial Research', and the 'International Review of Financial Analysis', Eakins is also the author of 'Corporate Finance Online' (CFO) (Pearson, 2014), a multimedia online text designed from the ground up for electronic delivery.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions?
2. Overview of the Financial System
PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
1. What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?
2. Why Do Interest Rates Change?
3. How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?
4. Are Financial Markets Efficient?
PART III: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
5. Why Do Financial Institutions Exist?
6. Why Do Financial Crises Occur and Why Are They So Damaging to the Economy?
PART IV: CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
7. Central Banks
8. Conduct of Monetary Policy
PART V: FINANCIAL MARKETS
9. The Money Markets
10. The Bond Market
11. The Stock Market
12. The Mortgage Markets
13. The Foreign Exchange Market
Appendix: The Interest Parity Condition
14. The International Financial System
PART VI: THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRY
15. Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions
16. Financial Regulation
17. Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
18. The Mutual Fund Industry
19. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds
20. Investment Banks, Security Brokers and Dealers, and Venture Capital Firms
PART VII: THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
21. Risk Management in Financial Institutions
22. Hedging with Financial Derivatives
CONTENTS ON THE WEB
* 25. Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
* 26. Savings Associations and Credit Unions
* 27. Finance Companies
* 4. Appendix 1: Models of Asset Pricing
* 4. Appendix 2: Applying the Asset Market Approach to a Commodity
Market: The Case of Gold
* 4. Appendix 3: Loanable Funds Framework
* 4. Appendix 4: Supply and Demand in the Market for Money: The
Liquidity Preference Framework
* 18. Appendix: Banking Crises Throughout the World
* 24. Appendix: More on Hedging with Financial Derivatives