CONTENTS

pp vii-viii

List of Figures and Tables

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp 1-6

I - Globalization and Financial Markets: a Dialectic Dynamic

pp 7-8

1 - Towards a New Model of Long-Term Finance

pp 9-38

2 - IFRS and the Need for Non-Financial Information

pp 39-56

3 - The Lessons of Luxembourg's Financial Centre: Towards a Certification of Ethics for Financial Centres to Replace Current Assessments

pp 57-72

4 - Is Economic Efficiency a Meaningful Device with which to Assess Insolvency Law?

pp 73-96

5 - Financialization of European Economies

pp 97-110

II - Globalization and Banking Institutions: Evolution of Their Role and Institutional Aspects

pp 111-112

6 - European Banking: A Review of Trends and Public Policies for Reassessments of Bank Reform and Development in Brazil and Latin America

pp 113-134

7 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy Conflicts in Central Europe: How Credibly are Macro Policies in the Phase of Preparation for EMU?

pp 135-162

8 - Economic and Ethical Aspects of Discrimination in the Consumer Credit Market

pp 163-176

9 - Beyond Ethics: Alternative Banking in Switzerland

pp 177-196

Conclusion

pp 197-200

Notes

pp 201-226

Works Cited

pp 227-238

Index

pp 239-248