Financial Markets and Institutions: International Edition, 6/E

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Frederic S. Mishkin, Columbia University
Stanley G. Eakins, East Carolina University

Publisher: Pearson Higher Education
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 752 pp

ISBN-10: 0321552113
ISBN-13: 9780321552112

Our Price: £48.99
Status: Instock
Published: 10 Apr 2008
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Features

A unifying analytic framework uses a few core principles to organize students’ thinking, including: asymmetric information (agency problems), transaction costs, efficient markets and measurement, and management of risk.
A practitioner’s approach to the study of markets and institutions allows for a strong emphasis on the application of concepts.
Seven types of boxes enhance theoretical foundations:

The Practicing Manager boxes, nearly twenty throughout the book, provide hands-on applications that emphasize the financial practitioner’s approach to real-world problems.
The Wall Street Journal: Following the News and Case: The Wall Street Journal offer relevant news articles that encourage students to read a financial newspaper. Explanations and analysis are provided.
Inside the Fed boxes provide details on the operation and structure of the Federal Reserve System.
Global boxes include interesting material with an international focus.
E-Finance boxes relate how changes in technology have affected financial markets and institutions. The placement of these boxes illustrates the impact technology has had in a broad range of areas in finance.
Conflict of Interest boxes outline conflicts of interest in different financial services industries.
Mini-Case boxes highlight dramatic historical episodes or apply theory to data.

Cases demonstrate how the analysis in the book can be used to explain many important real-world situations.
Study Guides are highlighted statements throughout the text that provide hints on how to think about or approach a topic.
Summary Tables are useful study aids for reviewing material.
Internet references in the margins and end-of-chapter Web exercises allow students to collect information from online sources to enhance their learning experience.
The Companion Website includes numerous study tools for each chapter, such as animated graphs, Web links, mini-cases and solutions, Web exercises, quizzes, and glossary flashcards. A unique online reader, updated by Jim Eaton of Bridgewater College, includes up-to-date articles that are keyed to the textbook illustrates the economic forces behind the latest developments in financial markets. Each reading is prefaced by a brief content summary and discussion questions to encourage students to relate the articles to textbook material. A Web version of Chapter 26, Finance Companies, and nine extra appendices are also available. Visit the Companion Website for more information.