Xavier Freixas

Encuadernado en rústica semirrígida. Coeditado con Argentaria (1997). Con una tasa de crecimiento medio superior al 60 por 100 durante los últimos cinco años, la inversión colectiva se ha convertido en el producto hegemonico para el ahorrador tipico español. Ante esta situacion, es imprescindible contar con criterios tanto para gestionar adecuadamente dichos fondos en general, como para calificar o evaluar la gestion de fondos concretos que existen en la economia. Este libro constituye el primer analisis riguroso sobre la gestion y la evaluacion de los fondos en España. La obra esta dividida en tres partes. En la primera, el profesor Freixas repasa los principios clasicos sobre la gestion y evaluacion de las carteras de los fondos, basados en la medida correcta del riesgo. En la segunda parte, los profesores Martinez y Rubio desarrollan metodos cuantitativos para aplicar estos principios clasicos, obteniendo resultados relevantes para la evaluacion de los fondos, en particular distinguiendo entre los componentes de habilidad y suerte del gestor del fondo. Asimismo, los dos autores anteriores analizan el caso concreto de los fondos de inversion españoles. Finalmente, en la cuarta y ultima parte, el profesor Marin critica el uso de los principios clasicos tanto como criterios de gestion como de evaluacion de la gestion de los fondos. Esta obra constituye una referencia para los profesionales de la industria de fondos, para los academicos y estudiantes interesados en economia financiera y para los actuales o potenciales participes en productos de inversion colectiva.

"Los autores realizan un análisis exhaustivo y actualizado de las teorías microeconómicas de la intermediación financiera. Este estudio consigue ser a la vez riguroso y ameno. Hace tiempo que hacía falta un libro como este, que deberia ser de lectura obli

The third edition of a leading text on the microeconomic foundations of banking, comprehensively updated with new coverage of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, fintech, and the latest research in banking theory.The banking industry has undergone seismic change in the twenty-first century, from the overhaul of regulation in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis to the digitalization of the economy and the disruption of traditional business models by ascendant tech giants. Now in a comprehensively updated third edition, this essential graduate-level text on the microeconomic foundations of banking provides the rigorous theoretical approach required to understand these new structures and norms, functioning as a users guide to recent academic literature. Microeconomics of Banking offers a comprehensive view of the evolution of banking theory and the rapidly changing realm of financial intermediation, examining the central issues and offering the necessary tools for understanding how they have been modeled. New edition highlights: Up-to-date coverage of the latest research in banking theory as well as the events of the global financial crisis and resultant Basel III regulatory framework New chapters on liquidity and systemic risk New material throughout on cryptocurrencies, fintech, and other facets of a digitalized economy

The second edition of an essential text on the microeconomic foundations of banking surveys the latest research in banking theory, with new material that covers recent developments in the field.Over the last thirty years, a new paradigm in banking theory has overturned economists traditional vision of the banking sector. The asymmetric information model, extremely powerful in many areas of economic theory, has proven useful in banking theory both for explaining the role of banks in the economy and for pointing out structural weaknesses in the banking sector that may justify government intervention. In the past, banking courses in most doctoral programs in economics, business, or finance focused either on management or monetary issues and their macroeconomic consequences; a microeconomic theory of banking did not exist because the Arrow-Debreu general equilibrium model of complete contingent markets (the standard reference at the time) was unable to explain the role of banks in the economy. This text provides students with a guide to the microeconomic theory of banking that has emerged since then, examining the main issues and offering the necessary tools for understanding how they have been modeled.This second edition covers the recent dramatic developments in academic research on the microeconomics of banking, with a focus on four important topics: the theory of two-sided markets and its implications for the payment card industry; non-price competition and its effect on the competition-stability tradeoff and the entry of new banks; the transmission of monetary policy and the effect on the functioning of the credit market of capital requirements for banks; and the theoretical foundations of banking regulation, which have been clarified, although recent developments in risk modeling have not yet led to a significant parallel development of economic modeling.Praise for the first edition:"The book is a major contribution to the literature on the theory of banking and intermediation. It brings together and synthesizes a broad range of material in an accessible way. I recommend it to all serious scholars and students of the subject. The authors are to be congratulated on a superb achievement."Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania"This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the microeconomics of banking. It gives an impressive synthesis of an enormous body of research developed over the last twenty years. It is clearly written and apleasure to read. What I found particularly useful is the great effort that Xavier Freixas and Jean-Charles Rochet have taken to systematically integrate the theory of financial intermediation into classical microeconomics and finance theory. This book is likely to become essential reading for all graduate students in economics, business, and finance."Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business"The authors have provided an extremely thorough and up-to-date survey of microeconomic theories of financial intermediation. This work manages to be both rigorous and pleasant to read. Such a book was long overdue and shouldbe required reading for anybody interested in the economics of banking and finance."Mathias Dewatripont, Professor of Economics, ECARES, Universit