Features
- An opening example, article or journal excerpt to frame the issues in the chapter and pique student interest
- Chapter summaries that confirm key issues from each chapter
- Chapter-end questions that provoke discussion and critical thinking
- News articles and journal excerpts are used throughout to frame the issues in each chapter.
- Case studies and practical examples illustrate key arguments and apply the theory to the real world.
Resources
- Class-tested slides
- Solution to exercises
- An Instructor Resource Centre including a complete set of slides slides
On-line chapters
- The latest developments in the European sovereign debt crisis
- The latest developments in financial regulations
- The most likely challenges facing the global financial system going forward
These chapters are updated regularly as merited by current developments.
Table of Contents of the printed book
Chapter 1: Systemic Risk
Chapter 2: The Great Depression 1929–1933
Chapter 3: Endogenous Risk
Chapter 4: Liquidity
Chapter 5: The Central Bank
Chapter 6: The Asian Crisis of 1997–1998
Chapter 7: Banking Crises
Chapter 8: Bank Runs and Deposit Insurance
Chapter 9: Trading and Speculation
Chapter 10: Credit markets
Chapter 11: Currency Markets
Chapter 12: Currency Crisis Models
Chapter 13: Financial Regulations
Chapter 14: Bailouts
Chapter 15: Dangerous Financial instruments
Chapter 16: Failures in Risk Management and Regulations
Chapter 17: The ongoing crisis: 2007–2009 phase
Chapter 18: Ongoing Developments in Financial Regulation
Chapter 19: Sovereign Debt Crises
Index
Bibliography