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Digital Finance in Europe: Law, Regulation, and Governance
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Global finance is in the middle of a radical transformation fueled by innovative financial technologies. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization of retail financial services in Europe. Institutional interest and digital asset markets ...
Commerce, Finance and Statecraft : Histories of England, 1600–1780
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Commerce, finance and statecraft charts the emergence of new approaches to England's economic history in the historical writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The book explores the work of the period's most influential historians – among...
Local Government Finance: A Comparative Study
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Local Government Finance'does not follow the conventional operational approach to local government finance which typically focuses on issues such as revenue collection, budgeting, performance auditing and accounting, and debt administration. Instead, i...
The Infrastructure Finance Challenge
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep i...
Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: This book serves as a guide for local governments and private enterprises as they navigate the unchartered waters of investing in climate change adaptation and resilience. This book serves not only as a resource guide for identifying potential funding ...
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization : When Purists Prevail
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Efforts to reform the U.S. campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionall...
Finance Against Poverty: Volume 2 : Country Case Studies
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practi...
The Entangled Legacies of Empire : Race, Finance and Inequality
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Abstract: More than 25 experts from around the world have contributed to this unique and provocative book. In a series of illuminating short essays, each author has presented a striking image as an invitation to consider the ghosts of colonialism and imperialism...
Green finance and green transition by enterprises: An exploration of market-oriented governance mechanisms
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Borsa Istanbul Review, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 628-646 (2023)
Abstract: Using the implementation of the “Guidelines for Establishing the Green Financial System” (GEGFS) released in China in 2016 as a natural experiment, we adopt the difference-in-differences (DID) method to explore the influence of a green finance (GF) pol...
Has the establishment of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones improved air quality? Evidence from China
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Abstract: Abstract The role of finance in environmental sustainability is becoming increasingly important. This study conducts a quasi-natural experiment using a sample of 146 prefecture-level cities from 2015 to 2019. It adopts difference-in-differences to exam...