Tina Harrison – författare

This book presents selected paperson the factors that serve to influence an individual’s capacity in financialdecision-making. Initial chapters provide an overview of the cognitive factorsaffecting financial decisions and suggest a link between limited cognitivecapacity and the need for financial education. The book then expands on thesecognitive limitations to explore the tendency for overconfidence indecision-making and the interplay between rational and irrational factors.Later contributions show how credit card companies benefit from limitations inconsumer financial literacy, how gender and cognition intersect to play animportant role in financial decision-making, and how to improve financialcapacity through financial literacy and education campaigns, including thoseaddressing developed marketplaces. This comprehensive collection of papers willbe of value to all readers who seek to better understand the multi-factorialand complex nature of personal financial management in today’s economicclimate.

This book demonstrates how the global market for Islamic financial services has shown stronggrowth in recent years and shown remarkable resilience during the globalfinancial crisis. Drawingon a range of international perspectives from the Gulf Cooperation Councilcountries, Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia and Europe, this book explores the characteristics and performance of Islamicfinance and banking and discusses future prospects.  It offers a comprehensive theoreticalframework for Shariah governance in Islamic financial institutions, explores Shariah-compliantequities, as well as issues in productivity, technology and efficiency. Itincludes a number of comparative studies on Islamic and conventionalbanks, Islamic and conventional unit trusts, and Islamic and conventionalbanks’ product mixes. The challenges and opportunities for the expansion ofIslamic finance and banking into Europe are explored through the contexts ofthe UK, Germany and Italy.