Mishkin, Fredrick S.  <br/><br/>
Financial markets and institutions / 
Fredrick S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins 
 - 3rd edition  
 - Oxford, UK ;  Reading  ;  Massachusetts :   Addison-Wesley,  c1999. 
 - xxxvii, (various pagings) :  col.ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> PART I. INTRODUCTION <br/>Chapter 1. Why study financial markets and institutions <br/><br/>Chapter 2. Overview of the financial system<br/><br/>PART II. PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS<br/>Chapter 3. Understanding interest rates<br/><br/>Chapter 4. The behavior of interest rates<br/> <br/>Chapter 5. The risk and term structure of interest rates <br/><br/>Chapter 6. The theory of efficient capital markets<br/><br/>PART III. CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY<br/>Chapter 7. Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system<br/><br/>Chapter 8. Conduct of monetary policy: tools, goals and targets <br/><br/>PART IV. FINACIAL MARKETS<br/>Chapter 9. The money markets<br/><br/>Chapter 10. The capital markets<br/><br/>Chapter 11. The mortgage markets<br/><br/>Chapter 12. The foreign exchange markets<br/><br/>Chapter 13. The international financial system and monetary policy <br/><br/>PART V. THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION INDUSTRY<br/>Chapter 14. Theory of financial structure<br/><br/>Chapter 15. The banking firm and bank management<br/><br/>Chapter 16. Commercial banking industry: structure and competition<br/><br/>Chapter 17. Thrifts: savings and loans and credit union  <br/><br/>Chapter 18. Banking regulation <br/><br/>Chapter 19. Insurance companies and pension funds<br/><br/>Chapter 20. Finance companies and financial conglomerates<br/><br/>Chapter 21. Securities firms<br/><br/>PART VI. THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS<br/>Chapter 22. Risk management in financial institutions<br/><br/>Chapter 23. Hedging with financial derivatives I: forwards and the futures<br/>  <br/>Chapter 24. Hedging with financial derivatives II: Options and swaps 
<br/><br/>Includes index index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0321050649 9780321050649 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital market--Great Britain.<br/>Banks and banking--Great Britain.<br/>Financial institutions--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.10973  / MIS