Financial institutions and markets
By: Meir Kohn.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 674
Subjects: Financial institutions -- United States.; Capital market -- United States.; Money market -- United States.; Banks and banking -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Lending, payments, and risk-trading; title: The financial system and its technology; title: Efficiency, stability, and government intervention; title: Interest rates, exchange rates, and security prices; title: Understanding financial intermediaries; title: What is a bank?; title: The banking industry; title: Payments and foreign exchange; title: Insurance; title: Pension funds and mutual funds; title: Understanding financial markets; title: The market for government securities; title: The mortgage market; title: The corporate debt market; title: The equity market; title: The derivatives market : futures, options, and swaps; title: The organization of financial markets; title: Managing liquidity and risk; title: Bank safety and regulation; title: Security market stability and regulation.