Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack to the modern demands of internal violence. This book analyses the role of the cities in war and the effects of war on cities.
This handbook brings together both background material and new methodological and applied results that are extremely important to the current and futu..
Taking into account the ongoing worldwide financial crisis, this timely volume provides insight to better understand volatility in various stock marke..
This noteworthy collection sheds some light on what lies ahead for worldwide emerging markets with the most up-to-date research from academics and pra..
This classroom-tested text provides a deep understanding of derivative contracts. Unlike much of the existing literature, the book treats price as a n..
Shedding new light on the recent worldwide banking debacle, this handbook presents possible remedies as to what should have been done prior, during, a..
Helping you navigate the tricky world of risk calculation and management, this book presents two main building blocks for determining how much capital..
This classic textbook covers all aspects of risk theory in a practical way. It builds on from the late R.E. Beard's extremely popular book Risk Theory..
With the stock market crash of 1987 still having reverberations in the world of finance, a number of issues and problems are clearly unresolved. This ..
This volume uses the original research of experienced contributors to explore recent changes in financial markets. Areas discussed include Latin Ameri..
A much-needed UK-focused introduction to the subject of financial management for non-finance students who are looking for an authoritative and user-fr..
Based on a colloquium held by SUERF jointly with the Austrian National Bank, this book addresses the issue of adapting to the demands of financial glo..
The book includes thorough coverage of developments in Japan, which, as the country where significantly more new patents are registered each year than..