European Financial Markets and Institutions (Hardcover)

List of boxes; List of figures; List of tables; List of countries; List of abbreviations; Preface; Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Functions of the financial system; 2. European financial integration: origins and history; Part II. Financial Markets: 3. European financial markets; 4. The economics of financial integration; 5. Financial infrastructures; Part III. Financial Institutions: 6. The role of institutional investors; 7. European banks; 8. The financial system of the new member states; 9. European insurers and financial conglomerates; Part IV. Policies for the Financial Sector: 10. Financial regulation and supervision; 11. Financial stability; 12. European competition policy; References; Index.