01791cam a22001934a 4500020002200000022001800022050001800040100002300058245010000081250001200181260007300193300003500266500005000301505117100351650001201522650002201534650002701556700001401583  a0273693395 (pbk.)  a978027369339000aHG925b.H695 1 aHowells, P. G. A.,14aThe economics of money, banking and finance :ba European text /cPeter Howells and Keith Bain.  a3rd ed.  aHarlow, England ;aNew York :bPrentice Hall/Financial Times,c2005.  axvii, 602 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index  aCONTENTS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND OTHER CONVENTIONS PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. The Role of a Financial System PART TWO: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS 2. An Introduction to Financial Systems 3. The UK Financial System 4. The US Financial System 5. The German Financial System 6. The French and Italian Financial Systems 7. Financial Systems in Northern Europe PART THREE: THEORY 8. Portfolio Theory 9. The determination of short-term interest rates 10. The structure of interest rates 11. The valuation of assets PART FOUR: MONEY AND BANKING 12. Banks and the supply of money 13. The demand for money 14. Monetary policy PART FIVE: MARKETS 15. Money markets 16. Bond markets 17. Equity markets 18. Foreign exchange markets 19. Derivatives - the financial futures market 20. Options, swaps and other derivatives PART SIX: CURRENT ISSUES 21. The single European market 22. The European Monetary System and monetary union 23. The European Central Bank and eurozone monetary policy 24. Financial innovation 25. The regulation of financial markets 26. Financial market efficiency CASE STUDIES 1-8 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS INDEX 0aFinance 0aBanks and banking 0aInternational finance.1 aBain, K.,