The Economics of the Financial System
2nd Edition
Published on 23. July 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-631-18197-2 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition of an already widely-used textbook presents an up-to-date analysis of the roles played by financial institutions and markets in the working of the UK economy.
The book assumes only a basic grounding in economics and will be widely recommended to students of macroeconomics, monetary economics and finance.
The book assumes only a basic grounding in economics and will be widely recommended to students of macroeconomics, monetary economics and finance.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
539 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-18197-2 (9780631181972)
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Person
A. D. Bain is Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Economy at Glasgow University, and was previously Group Economic Advisor at Midland Bank for 6 years and a member of the Wilson Committee to review the functioning of Financial Institutions (1977-80).
Content
List of Tables. Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Part I: Introduction.
1. The Financial System.
2. Finance in Britain.
Part II: Theory of the Financial System.
3. Mobilizing Saving.
4. Asset Transformation.
5. Interest Rates.
6. Interest Rates: Further Development.
Part III: The Users of the System.
7. Personal Saving and Investment.
8. Company Financial Behaviour.
9. Public Sector Investment and Financing.
10. The Overseas Sector and the UK Financial System.
Part IV: Financial Institutions and Markets.
11. Banks and Building Societies.
12. Investing Institutions.
13. Specialized Financial Institutions.
14. Financial Markets.
Part V: The Control and Efficiency of the System.
15. Regulation and Control.
16. The Efficiency of the Financial System.
Select Bibliography and Further Reading.
Index.
Preface to the First Edition.
Part I: Introduction.
1. The Financial System.
2. Finance in Britain.
Part II: Theory of the Financial System.
3. Mobilizing Saving.
4. Asset Transformation.
5. Interest Rates.
6. Interest Rates: Further Development.
Part III: The Users of the System.
7. Personal Saving and Investment.
8. Company Financial Behaviour.
9. Public Sector Investment and Financing.
10. The Overseas Sector and the UK Financial System.
Part IV: Financial Institutions and Markets.
11. Banks and Building Societies.
12. Investing Institutions.
13. Specialized Financial Institutions.
14. Financial Markets.
Part V: The Control and Efficiency of the System.
15. Regulation and Control.
16. The Efficiency of the Financial System.
Select Bibliography and Further Reading.
Index.