TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mishkin,Frederic S.
AU  - Eakins,Stanley G.
TI  - Financial markets and institutions
SN  - 0321014650
U1  - 332.10973 22
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Reading, Mass.
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - United States
KW  - Money
KW  - Money market
KW  - Banks and banking
N1  - CONTENTS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Why study financial markets and institutions
Preview
Why study financial markets
Why study financial institutions
E.tc.
Chapter 2: Overview of the financial system
Preview
Function of the financial markets
E.tc

PART II: PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
Chapter 3: Understanding interest rates
Preview
Measuring interest rates
Other measures of interest rates
E.tc
Chapter 4: Portfolio Choice
Preview
Determinants of asset demand
E.tc
Chapter 5: The behaviour of interest rates
Preview
Loanable funds framework: Supply and demand in the bond market
Changes in equilibrium interest rates
Etc
Chapter 6: The risk and term structure of interest rates
Preview
Risk structure of interest rates
Term structure of interest rates
Etc.

Chapter 7: The theory of efficient capital markets
Preview
Theory of rational expectations
E.tc


PART III: FINANCIAL MARKETS
Chapter 8: The foreign exchange market
Preview
Foreign exchange market
E.tc

Chapter 9: The money markets
Chapter 10: The capital markets
Chapter 11: The mortgage markets

PART IV: THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRY
Chapter 12: The theory of financial structure
Chapter 13: The banking firm and bank management
Chapter 14: Commercial banking industry: Structure and completion
Chapter 15: Thrifts: Savings and loans and credit unions
Chapter 16: Banking Regulation
Chapter 17: Issuance companies and pension funds

PART V: THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PART VI: CENTRAL BANKING AND THE CONDUCT O MONETARY POLICY
; Includes index
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