Economists and the financial markets / Brendan Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Brendan, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital market.

Investment analysis.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how economists operate effectively in financial markets. Using events as diverse as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Japanese earthquake damage the author traces the responses of the market to a variety of financial events. The subjects covered include: * The valuing process * Interpreting the news * The challenges of long term scenarios * The business and growth cycle * The economist as strategist.

Contents:

chapter 1 THE MARKET IS MORE THAN A STATE OF MIND

chapter 2 SO WHAT IS NEW?

chapter 3 WHERE THE LONG-RUN AND / SHORT-RUN MEET

chapter 4 PROPHETS OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE

chapter 5 VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

chapter 6 NEW LIFE AS A STRATEGIST

chapter 7 CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIST.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610407941

9781134976959

113497695X

9781134976966

1134976968

9781280407949

1280407948

9780203024799

0203024796

OCLC:

49803393