Research Handbook of Financial Markets

The Research Handbook of Financial Markets carefully discusses the histories and current states of the most important financial markets and institutions, as well as explicitly underscoring open questions that need study. By describing the institutional structure of different markets and highlighting recent changes within them, it accurately highlights their evolving nature. Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors Introduction to the Research Handbook of Financial Markets PART I CENTRAL BANKING 1. The Federal Reserve balance sheet 2. The balance sheet of the Eurosystem 3. The Bank of Japan’s balance sheet 4. Central bank lending 5. The workings of liquidity lines between central banks PART II INTERMEDIARIES 6. Banks 7. Non-bank financial intermediaries and financial stability 8. Government agencies: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 9. Money market funds PART III MONEY MARKETS 10. The federal funds market, pre- and post-2008 11. The repo market 12. The foreign exchange market PART IV CAPITAL MARKETS 13. The Treasury and when-issued markets 14. The municipal bond market 15. Mortgage-backed securities 16. Equity trading 17. Sovereign debt PART V DERIVATIVE MARKETS 18. Interest rate swaps 19. Credit default swaps 20. Foreign exchange swaps and cross-currency swaps 21. Inflation hedging products 22. Futures and options Index