TY - BOOK AU - Howells,P.G.A. AU - Bain,K. TI - Financial markets and institutions SN - 1405890916 AV - HG 186 HOW PY - 2007/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Financial institutions - Great Britain KW - Finance - Great Britain KW - Finance KW - Financial institutions N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction : the financial system -- 2. The financial system and the real economy -- 3. Deposit-taking institutions -- 4. Non-deposit-taking institutions -- 5. The money markets -- 6. The capital markets -- 7. Interest rates -- 8. Foreign exchange markets -- 9. Exchange rate risk, derivatives markets and speculation -- 10. International capital markets -- 11. Government borrowing and financial markets -- 12. Financial market failure and financial crises -- 13. The regulation of financial markets N2 - "Financial Markets and Institutions will help students make sense of the financial activity that is so widely and prominently reported in the media. Looking at the subject from the economists perspective, the book takes a practical, applied approach and theory is covered only where absolutely necessary in order to help students understand events as they happen in the real world." "Financial Markets and Institutions will be appropriate for a wide range of courses in money, banking and finance. Students taking financial markets and institutions courses as part of accounting, finance, economics and business studies degrees will find this book ideally suited to their needs. The book will also be suitable for professional courses in business, banking and finance."--Jacket UR - http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781405890915 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1417617 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=115700 UR - http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=5138051 UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781405890915 UR - http://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=Sheffield%20Hallam%20University&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781405890915 UR - https://shu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/openurl/44SHU/44SHU_VU1?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&rft.mms_id=997166002501 ER -