Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Stuart I. Greenbaum, Anjan V. Thakor, Arnoud Boot

• Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 454
• Series: Academic Press advanced finance series
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Third Edition, Greenbaum, Thakor and Boot offer a distinctive approach to financial markets and institutions, presenting an integrated portrait that puts information at the core.

Instead of simply naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as competing books do, the authors explore the endless subtlety and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets.

This edition has six new chapters and increased, enhanced pedagogical supplements. The book is ideal for anyone working in the financial sector, presenting professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators act as they do. Readers will find an unmatched, thorough discussion of the world's financial markets and how they function.

• Provides a distinctive and thought-provoking approach to the world's financial markets
• Explores the endless subtleties and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets
• Newly revised, with six new chapters and increased pedagogical supplements
• Presents anyone working in the financial markets and sector with a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of world markets

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Dedication,Front matter,Copyright,Preface,Acknowledgments,About the Authors,IntroductionEntitled to full textPart I: The BackgroundChapter 1 - Basic Concepts, Pages 3-20
Chapter 2 - The Nature and Variety of Financial Intermediation, Pages 23-53
Chapter 3 - The What, How, and Why of Financial Intermediaries, Pages 55-86
Chapter 4 - Bank Risks, Pages 89-100
Chapter 5 - Interest Rate Risk, Pages 101-119
Chapter 6 - Liquidity Risk, Pages 121-129
Chapter 7 - Spot Lending and Credit Risk, Pages 133-168
Chapter 8 - Further Issues in Bank Lending, Pages 169-204
Chapter 9 - Special Topics in Credit: Syndicated Loans, Loan Sales, and Project Finance, Pages 205-214
Chapter 10 - Off-Balance Sheet Banking and Contingent Claims Products, Pages 217-248
Chapter 11 - Securitization, Pages 249-282
Chapter 12 - The Deposit Contract, Deposit Insurance, and Shadow Banking, Pages 285-316
Chapter 13 - Bank Capital Structure, Pages 317-327
Chapter 14 - The 2007–2009 Financial Crisis and Other Financial Crises, Pages 331-352
Chapter 15 - Objectives of Bank Regulation, Pages 355-395
Chapter 16 - Milestones in Banking Legislation and Regulatory Reform, Pages 397-426
Chapter 17 - The Evolution of Banks and Markets and the Role of Financial Innovation, Pages 429-440
Chapter 18 - The Future, Pages 443-453
Subject Index, Pages 455-466