"This book examines the latest research on monetary policy, banking, and financial markets"--.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Quotes and Testimonials
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Section 1: Measuring Effectiveness and Efficiency of Banking Systems
  • Chapter 1: Determinants of Bank Cost Efficiency in Transition Economies
  • Chapter 2: The Relationship Between Bank Efficiency and Risk and Productivity Patterns in the Romanian Banking System
  • Chapter 3: Efficiency in Cooperative Banks and Savings Banks
  • Chapter 4: Financial Nexus
• Section 2: The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy: Dynamics and Perspectives
  • Chapter 5: Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Romania Over the Period 2001 to 2012
  • Chapter 6: Analysis of the Monetary Policy Dynamics in Romania Using a Structural Vector Autoregressive Model
  • Chapter 7: Inflation Inertia and Inflation Persistence in Romania Using a DSGE Approach
• Section 3: Understanding Financial Market Behavior: Empirical Case Studies
  • Chapter 8: Testing Weak-Form Efficiency and Long-Term Causality of the Emerging Capital Markets in Romania, India, Poland, and Hungary
  • Chapter 9: Modeling and Estimating Long-Term Volatility of Stock Markets in Romania, Poland, Greece, and USA
  • Chapter 10: Analyzing Long-Term Dynamic Causal Linkages and Financial Integration Between the Capital Markets in Romania and Hungary
  • Chapter 11: Estimating Long-Term Volatility on National Stock Exchange of India
  • Chapter 12: Investigating International Causal Linkages Between Latin European Stock Markets in Terms of Global Financial Crisis
  • Chapter 13: Modeling S&P Bombay Stock Exchange BANKEX Index Volatility Patterns Using GARCH Model
  • Chapter 14: Investigating Causal Linkages Between International Stock Markets in Hungary and Austria in Terms of Economic Globalization
  • Chapter 15: Analyzing Dynamic Causal Linkages Between Developed Stock Markets of Spain and Canada
  • Chapter 16: The Global Implications of Financial Contagion in Developed Capital Markets
  • Chapter 17: Investigating Long-Term Behavior of Milan Stock Exchange (Italy)
• Conclusion
• About the Authors
• Index