Bücher der Reihe Global Finance

An eminent international line up of experts in law, political science, economics and history examine the dynamics of the European Union's (EU) development as a collective member of the G8 and G20. Each contribution provides a methodical and much needed insight into the external and internal factors influencing this evolvement process, the options for these institutions to reform and collaborate and future role of the EU in this new system of institutions.

Since the tragic events of September 2001 in New York City, a new activity has been associated with money laundering, namely terrorism. Financing terrorism has changed the way the law perceives money laundering. This volume addresses how global crime and terrorism are linked and how to combat it.

A study that mobilizes classic and contemporary international relations theory to explain the causes of observed G20 governance, and on this basis offers some concluding predictions about its future course. It focuses on systematically describing what the G20 did and explains why it did it.

The scope for financial crime has widened with the expansion and increased integration of financial markets. As new technologies reduce the importance of physical proximity to major onshore financial centres, so a new generation of Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs) have emerged. Using a multidisciplinary approach with an international level of expertise, the book evaluates international policies regarding off-shore countries on the basis of a systematic analysis of their characteristics.

This revised and updated edition presents detailed analysis of the history and current state of the G20, and the challenges it faces.

Focuses on the role of derivatives from a macroeconomic point of view, considering how monetary theory and policy, fiscal policy and the growth process are affected. This book rethinks the way financial markets are considered in the macroeconomy and the transmission mechanism of impulses.