Restructuring Regulation and Financial Institutions

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Financial markets are among the most highly-regulated markets in the world. Nevertheless, financial crises still occur -- witness the U.S. savings-and-loan fiasco of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the Mexican and East Asian financial implosions of 1994 and 1997. What role does regulation play in stabilizing -- or destabilizing -- financial markets? "Restructuring Regulation and Financial Institutions" answers this question with incisive analyses of financial market regulation in the United States.

The ramifications of financial regulation in the United States extend far beyond the nation's borders. World financial markets are undergoing dramatic change, driven by the rapid development and deployment of new technology that enables information -- and money -- to travel farther, faster. However, a Byzantine array of regulatory structures in the international arena hinder the development of efficient global financial markets. Policy makers around the world are attempting to address the issues by emulating the financial markets of the United States.

This book presents 10 papers that examine in-depth the primary aspects of U.S. financial market regulation, including:

* Banks
* Securities markets
* Pension policies and mutual funds
* Derivatives
* Life insurance company investments
* Government sponsored enterprises
* Systemic risk

Each paper considers how regulation enhances or impedes the efficiency of a particular financial sector, and is followed by comments by two or three noted experts. The result of this approach is a wealth of useful information that may be applied by policy makers contemplating the restructuring of regulations and financial institutions.

The contributors to this volume are distinguished economists, many of whom have careers not just in business, government, or academia, but have held influential positions in all three. Such varied backgrounds enable the contributors to offer remarkable insights based on the best of theory and practice.

Never before has understanding the workings of U.S. financial market regulation been so important to the development of world financial markets. Policy makers around the globe will find that "Restructuring Regulation and Financial Institutions" offers a cogent assessment of the contemporary regulatory environment in U.S. financial markets, and a blueprint for action in evolving global financial markets.

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Resolution Trust Corporation refinancing and restructuring issues: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and ... first session, September 12 and 17, 1991
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Restructuring of the banking industry: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance of the Committee ... One Hundred Second Congress, first session
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Secrets of an Executive Coach: Proven Methods for Helping Leaders Excel Under Pressure
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It's not just faulty products and poor fiscal results that can throw an executive into crisis. The more prevalent and pernicious problems are personal in nature. A manipulative or hierarchical boss may be suffering a crisis of confidence; a stressed-out or uninterested colleague may struggle with a crisis of passion.

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Read for historical appreciation but not for excitement.......2003-12-29

This is a classic in the history of medicine. It is laboriously written and rather detailed, but it captures much of the person of Welch and of the culture that existed in American medicine at the turn of the century. To someone with minimal medical background, this tome is probably dull. To me, after years of medical schooling and practice, this book is an inspiring revelation of the transition of medical education and medical care from centuries of alchemy to the scientific discoveries that now form the basis of medicine. The person of Welch looms very large indeed over the present system of medical eduation and research, but I never would have appreciated the depth of his contributions without reading this book. A must for anyone interested in the history of American medicine.

A very comprehensive account of a distinguished American........2000-03-29

Simon Flexner portrays William Henry Welch as probably the biggest contributor in helping establish the backbone for medicine / pathology as we know it today. Simon Flexner was a very good friend of Welch's, and this source is one of the best secondary sources available to explore what is basically a patriotic American who helped his country in every single way (including the war) but did not get the fame or credit he deserved because to achieve all that this man had, he could not afford to concentrate on any one topic. This is a book which has enabled me to access what his most intermediate friends described him as, and not only was it a good source, but also an excellent read. If you want to know why American medicine really reached its pinnacle, this book is the answer.

William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine

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William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine

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William Henry Welch and the heroic age of American medicine.
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This book provides researchers in the field of stellar astrophysical jets with an up-to-date account of current research. An important feature of the book is that it combines discussions of both bipolar outflows and stellar jets. It will be an important and valuable reference source for researchers in many areas of galactic astronomy. It will also be of interest to plasma physicists and space scientists. The book is enriched by the report of work on jets in external galaxies.

Astrophysical Jets (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

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Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos: Astronomical Winds, Jets, and Explosions

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Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos: Astronomical Winds, Jets, and Explosions
T. W. Hartquist , J. E. Dyson , and D. P. Ruffle
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Not what I'd hoped.......2004-04-20

This could have been a fascinating book. Jets of matter and the stunning, often intricate bubbles of dying stars and other objects really spark the imagination. Unfortunately, this book doesn't do them justice.

The approach is very cerebral, with no sense of wonder whatsoever. For the most part it focuses on the mechanics behind most types of solar winds, jets, and other ejecta without offering good connections to actual objects we've seen (well, at least in pictures and animations). It would have been great to read a rundown on just why they think Eta Carinae or a powerful jet looks the way it does, written with an appropriate sense of fascination. Sadly, all we get is a dry account of various means by which heat, energy, etc. flow.

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Great observational and theoretical introductory survey of astrophysical jets

Beams and Jets in Astrophysics (Cambridge Astrophysics)

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Provides researchers in the field with a comprehensive and up-to-date account of current research on astrophysical jets. An important feature of the book is that it combines discussions of jets on stellar as well as galactic scales. There are ten chapters, authored by fourteen active researchers, all of whom are experts on their chosen topics. Recent hydrodynamic simulations of jets are included and reference to observations of actual jets is made where appropriate. The book has been coherently edited to provide a cohesive account of this field of study. It will be an important textbook for graduate students, and a valuable reference source for researchers in high energy astrophysics. It will also be of interest to plasma physicists and space scientists.

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Great observational and theoretical introductory survey of astrophysical jets.......2006-11-29

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Though they differ vastly in scale and energy, protostars and extragalactic radio sources show a remarkable similarity in their morphology. What physics do they share? As the first of its kind, a workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute provided a unique forum for astronomers from the fields of extragalactic and galactic/stellar jets to share their expertise and synthesize astrophysical links. A dozen invited reviews from internationally renowned figures are presented here as an edited and coherent review. Topics include acceleration and collimation mechanisms, magnetized accretion disks, thermal and synchrotron jets, optical and molecular outflow, and emission-line radiative bow shocks. Together these reviews provide a unique overview of astrophysical jets, crossing the usual boundaries of scale and energy, theory and observation. They summarize our present knowledge, highlight outstanding problems, and provide focus for future work. In this way they provide a unique reference for graduates and professionals in astronomy, astrophysics and physics.

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Relativistic jets are a powerful, spectacular, yet poorly-understood phenomenon associated with accreting black holes and neutron stars. The question of the internal structure - matter content and magnetic field - of relativistic jets is of prime importance for our understanding of the underlying physics. The study of circular polarisation is both challenging and potentially very rewarding, and when applied to relativistic jets has the potential to probe the structure of the jets in unique ways.
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Disks and Outflows Around Young Stars: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Heidelberg, Germany, 6-9 September 1994 (Lecture Notes in Physics)

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