A reader in international corporate finance; v.2.082136698X A reader in international corporate finance; v.2. Ed. by Stijn Claessens and Luc Laeven. The World Bank 2006 393 pages $50.00 Paperback HG4026 This is the second of two volumes presenting influential articles on international corporate finance from the past six years with the intention of serving as background reading for an advance course in the topic. Whereas the first volume dealt with law and finance, corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , and banking, this volume contains 12 articles discussing capital markets, capital structure and financial constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. , and the political economy of finance. Specific topics include stock market liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . , economic reform, and emerging market equity prices; the relationship between financial liberalization and growth; value-enhancing capital budgeting and firm-specific stock return variation; capital structures in developing countries; comparative capital structure choice and internal capital markets; financial and legal restraints to growth; estimation estimation In mathematics, use of a function or formula to derive a solution or make a prediction. Unlike approximation, it has precise connotations. In statistics, for example, it connotes the careful selection and testing of a function called an estimator. the value of political connections; and cronyism Cronyism Tammany Hall Manhattan Democratic political circle notorious for spoils system approach. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 492] and capital controls in Malaysia. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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