Globalization of Financial Markets: Causes of Incomplete Integration and Consequences for Economic Policy

by Claudia Buch

The internationalization of financial markets is one of the focal points in the discussion about recent globalization trends. These discussions suggest that capital can move freely between countries. However, there is ample evidence that national borders do matter and that there are many implicit and explicit barriers to integration. Understanding the factors that unify and that separate financial markets and thus reconciling these two stylized facts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540406379
• ISBN13: 9783540406372
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"