Finance

Deterrence of market manipulation is central to the entire regulatory and legal framework governing the operation of American commodity futures markets. However, despite all of the regulatory, scholarly, and legal scrutiny of market manipulation, the...

the adaptation of the institutional settings of monetary policy to deal with an emerging market economy had to be carried out in the midst of an unprecedented stabilization effort and, therefore, was particularly urgent and complicated. In many of the...

In einer Zeit, in der der Kapital- und Kreditmarkt mit Schwierigkeiten wie etwa der Subprimekrise zu kämpfen hat, ist es wichtig, sich mit den theoretischen Fundamenten von Börsenkredit, Industriekredit und Kapitalbildung zu beschäftigen. Fritz Machlup...

Investment is crucial to the development of a nation's economy and welfare. In contrast to the United States, investment in Europe has been quite modest over the past few years. This volume gathers together a number of papers by prominent researchers in...

Coupled with the general decline in real estate values and opportunitie~ for capital fonnation, the health care industry is in the midst of unprecedented change that has resulted in unneeded real estate, excess debt and a major need for capital to meet...

This book has evolved from an interest in formalizing theories of real es­ tate financing and investment. While real estate has characteristics of illi­ quidity and heterogeneity, recent developments have created markets for financial claims on property...

This book brings together much of the best policy-oriented research on state and local mortgage revenue bond (MRB) programs. Most of this re­ search was conducted to evaluate the impact of MRB subsidies on housing markets and potential home buyers. All...

This instructive book introduces the key ideas behind practical nonlinear optimization, accompanied by computational examples and supporting software. It combines computational finance with an important class of numerical techniques.

The health care sector has become a major component of the contemporary econo­ mies of Japan and the United States. It absorbs significant proportions of the GDP in both countries and places increasing stress on private, government and corporate budgets...

This book provides a current overview and discussion about the meaning of the financing of the companies. It discusses the related challenges and provides ways to overcome them. The focus is on increasing the company's value. The book uses case studies...