Corporate and Governmental Deviance or Financial Markets and Institutions

Corporate and Governmental Deviance: Problems of Organizational Behavior in Contemporary Society

Author: David Ermann

For nearly a quarter of a century, Corporate and Governmental Deviance has offered students the most comprehensive examination of the deviant behavior of big business and big government in contemporary society. Now in its sixth edition, this popular and well-respected collection has been thoroughly updated. It features an expanded and insightful introductory essay by the editors that illustrates the issues discussed in the text and establishes a clear framework for the sections that follow. New selections focus on college sports' crippling effect on undergraduate education; the ordinary obedience of a South African police officer and apartheid torturer; and the Los Angeles police department Rampart Division scandal. Also included is new scholarship on the Ford Motor Company Pinto episode and the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. This new edition reprints classic works from the scholars who first established and explored corporate and governmental deviance, featuring essays by Edward Alsworth Ross, Edwin H. Sutherland, Marshall B. Clinard, Peter C. Yeager, and James S. Coleman. It also retains selections that have captured the attention and imagination of readers of previous editions, exposing students to the very best classic and contemporary material on corporate and governmental deviance. Offering a complete description and careful analysis of the deviant actions of business organizations and governmental agencies, Corporate and Governmental Deviance, 6/e, is intended for courses in sociology, criminal justice, white-collar crime, and business, as well as for courses that focus on social problems, organizations, deviance, and government. It continues to set the standard by whichother books on corporate and governmental deviance are judged, providing students with an even more complete, richly detailed appreciation of how and why organizations, not just individuals, commit acts of deviance.

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Financial Markets and Institutions

Author: Jeff Madura

This author-prepared Study Guide for FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS will save you time and help you succeed. You can test your knowledge of the material using the simulated test questions for key terms and concepts as well as the numerous matching, multiple-choice, and true/false questions for every chapter.

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This text describes financial markets and the institutions that serve those markets. Chapters on financial services explain how a specific unit, for example, the insurance unit, of a financial conglomerate conducts its operations. The text is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses in financial markets and institutions. This sixth edition features a new chapter on stock market microstructure, and moves chapters on pension funds and credit unions to an accompanying Web site. The financial impact of September 11 is incorporated. Problems that require the use of templates are included for this edition, to reinforce understanding of relationships between variables. The author is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Part 1. OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
1. Role of Financial Markets and Institutions.
2. Determination of Interest Rates.
3. Structure of Interest Rates.
Part 2. THE FED AND MONETARY POLICY.
4. Functions of the Fed.
5. Monetary Theory and Policy.
Part 3. DEBT SECURITY MARKETS.
6. Money Markets.
7. Bond Markets.
8. Bond Valuation and Risk.
9. Mortgage Markets.
Part 4. EQUITY MARKETS.
10. Stock Offerings and Investor Monitoring.
11. Stock Valuation and Risk.
12. Market Microstructure and Strategies.
Part 5. DERIVATIVE SECURITY MARKETS.
13. Financial Futures Markets.
14. Options Markets.
15. Interest Rate Derivative Markets.
16. Foreign Exchange Derivative Markets.
Part 6. COMMERCIAL BANKING.
17. Commercial Bank Options.
18. Bank Regulation.
19. Bank Management.
20. Bank Performance.
Part 7. NONBANK OPERATIONS.
21. Thrift Operations.
22. Consumer Finance Operations.
23. Mutual Fund Operations.
24. Securities Operations.
25. Insurance and Pension Fund Operations.
Appendix A. Comprehensive Project.
Appendix B. Using Excel for Statistical Analysis. Glossary. Index.