Frontier Topics in Financial Theory

Author: Tang Xu
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book is a continuation of the 1999 edition of "Frontiers of Financial Theory," divided into eleven chapters. It provides an outline of key topics in the field of finance, such as behavioral finance, financial fragility analysis, inflation-targeting monetary policy frameworks, research on interest rate liberalization, asset prices and monetary policy, contemporary bank capital management theory and practice, analysis of the causes of bubbles, early warning systems for financial crises, the application of asymmetric information in banking, credit risk management, and international financial crisis contagion and macro policy choices under open economies. These chapters offer readers a comprehensive overview of these important financial topics. Compared to the previous edition, this book lists thought-provoking questions and relevant references at the end of each chapter, enabling readers to further study and explore these topics. This book is suitable for economists, financial theorists, practitioners, and students to read and reference.