Joshua Y. Abor - Böcker

This insightful Companion explores how economic agents, especially individuals and firms, make financial and investment decisions over time under conditions of uncertainty in the market. Joshua Yindenaba Abor provides a comprehensive examination of financial economics, discussing critical areas such as digital finance and banking, climate finance and financial inclusion.Bringing together an international range of experts in the field to present relevant cases, this Companion moves beyond conventional studies of financial economics. It focuses on critical issues in financial economics from theoretical and empirical perspectives, including core areas such as corporate finance, financial markets and asset pricing, and behavioural finance. Chapters also explore emerging issues such as digital finance and banking, financial regulation and financial stability, monetary policy and Fintech, central bank digital currency, green finance and banking, and climate finance and financial inclusion.The Elgar Companion to Financial Economics is a valuable tool for students and academics in economics and banking. It also greatly benefits practitioners in climate control, dividend policy and monetary policy, as well as policymakers in corporate governance.

Covering pertinent areas of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) this forward-looking book examines SRI in developing markets including its evolution, principles and concepts. It explores the drivers and challenges in developing economies and analyses the theoretical underpinnings to critical issues pertaining to SRI.This timely book investigates investment strategies and philosophies that attempt to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into investment decision-making. In turn it provides an in-depth review of a number of different motivations for SRI, including: personal values and goals, institutional missions, and the demands of clients, constituents or plan participants. Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Developing Markets further defines how to integrate ESG issues into investment portfolios, looking to sustainable and responsible investors with a focus on financial performance, who believe in using these investments to promote ESG practices.With a focus on sustainability in relation to business and investment, this expansive book will be a useful guide for finance, business, environment, geography and innovation students, and researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in understanding sustainable and responsible investment, specifically for developing countries.