Allen, Franklin,  1956- <br/><br/>
Comparing financial systems / 
Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  c2000. 
 - x, 507 p. :  ill ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I. Setting the Stage. 1. Comparing Financial Systems. 2. The Historical Development of Financial Systems. 3. Institutions and Markets. 4. Corporate Governance. 5. The Limitations of Markets: The Classical View -- II. Competition Versus Insurance. 6. Intertemporal Smoothing. 7. Information and Resource Allocation. 8. Competition in Banking. 9. Financial Crises. 10. Renegotiation and Relationships -- III. The Role of the Firm. 11. Autonomous, Self-Financing Firms. 12. Objectives of Firms -- IV. Markets and Intermediaries. 13. Diversity of Opinion and Resource Allocation. 14. Costly Markets. 15. Relationships and Risk Sharing. 16. Afterword. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262511254 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance.<br/>Comparative economics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332 AL CO