Title: Money and finance in transition : research in contemporary and historical finance /
Authors: Lönnborg, Mikael.
Publisher: Södertörns högskola ; Distributed by Almqvist & Wiksell International,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Finance Congresses; Finance History Congresses.; Foreign exchange rates Congresses.; Monetary policy Congresses.; International finance Congresses; Banks and banking, International Congresses.; Investments, Foreign Congresses.; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Congresses.; Finance Government policy Congresses.
Contents: An overview of the international adjustment mechanism and the classical specie standard in Sweden, 1834-1913 / Anders Ögren -- The break-up of the Scandinavian Currency Union 1914-1924 : a preliminary analysis / Krim Talia -- The sterling exchange standard in Australia 1900-1939 / Tom Valentine -- The "special" relationship between finance and industry in Britain--exceptionalism or nationalism? / Ian Nalson -- The internationalisation of banking : portfolio or foreign direct investment? : some implications from the recent merger boom / Michael Rafferty -- Pensions funds and the internationalisation of insurance companies : an Australian example / Nick Coates -- The international expansion of Australian banks / David Tripe and Claire Matthews -- The international diversification of Australian banks / Sue Wilkins -- The internationalisation of Swedish banks in the Baltic states / Mikael Lönnborg -- Reform, crisis and adjustment in the transition economy of Laos / Peter G. Warr and William E. Worner -- Adopting the Acquis Communautaire in countries in transition : the case of company law in the Slovak Republic / Lubomira Hromkova and Mikael Olsson -- Market transparency, ownership concentration and harmonisation of law in some East European accession countries : a critical note / Mikael Olsson and Julia Alasheyeva -- Efficiency and technical trading profitability : evidence from US and Chinese equity markets / Gary Gang Tian and Minyuan Guo.