Book Series in Economics

Financial Sector of the American Economy

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The Uncertainty of Legal Rights

By Steven Scott Stephens

If the outcome of a lawsuit depends solely on facts, law, and logic, a jury's decision should be predictable before it is announced. This…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3764-5 (Routledge)

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Financial Innovation in the Banking Industry

The Case of Asset Securitization

By Lamia Obay

This book investigates the motivations behind the adoption of the technique of asset securitization by US commercial banks and its effects on the financial performances.…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3423-1 (Routledge)

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Valuation of Corporate Growth Opportunities

A Real Options Approach

By Richard E. Ottoo

How can we value an enterprise, like a young internet start-up company, that has no earnings or cash flows, so that traditional and conventional valuation…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3783-6 (Routledge)

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Changing Face of Money

Will Electric Money Be Adopted in the United States?

By Barbara Ann Good

Although the cashless society has been predicted for at least twenty years, the new forms of card-based and software based electronic money may prove to…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3809-3 (Routledge)

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Corporate Cash Management, Excess Cash, and Acquisitions

By Jarrad V.T. Harford

How much cash should a corporation have and should we worry when they have too much? This question has been hotly debated by manager…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3552-8 (Routledge)

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The Changing Face of Corporate Ownership

Do Institutional Owners Affect Firm Performance

By Michael J. Rubach

This book examines the shareholder activism of institutional investors, and the effect of this activism on portfolio performance. By focusing on 118 institutional investors…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3502-3 (Routledge)

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American Commercial Banks in Corporate Finance, 1929-1941

A Study in Banking Concentrations

By Go Tian Kang

This book argues with facts and figures that a small group of New York banks, by means of term loans and working in close collaboration…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3337-1 (Routledge)

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Interstate Fiscal Disparities in America

A Study of Trends and Causes

By Yuhua Qiao

This study examines how the shared cultural values of employees in a Polish firm influence management attempts top transform organizational practices in a newly privatized…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3393-7 (Routledge)

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Innovations in the Retail Banking Industry

The Impact of Organizational Structure and Environment on the Adoption Process

By Lisa M. Sciulli

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3255-8 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Pork

A Study of Congressional Appropriations Earmarks

By Scott A. Frisch

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3258-9 (Routledge)

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