The Financial Systems of Industrial Countries

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the financial systems of major industrialized countries using the statistical framework of the financial accounts, discussing household liabilities, convergence patterns and the effects of integration.

Updated analyse of financial systems evolution in the major industrialized countries Detailed focus on households, firms, financial intermediaries and rest of the world Focus on the evolution of financial accounts before and during the recent financial crisis Discussion of the historical evolution of financial account framework Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
The origins of financial accounts in the United States and Italy: Copeland, Baffi and the institutions.- Private sector debt matters too: theoretical perspectives on credit and the building of financial accounts.- Household wealth in a cross-country perspective.- Should household wealth and Government accounts include future pension rights.- Financial sector dynamics and firms' capital structure.- Convergence of financial structures in Europe: an application of factorial matrix analysis.- The effects of monetary policy in the euro erea: results from the flow of funds.- Imbalances in household, firm, public and foreign sector balance sheets in the 2000s.