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What is Financial Markets

Chapter 6
Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
A financial market is a broad term describing any marketplace where trading of securities including equities, bonds, currencies, and derivatives occur. Some financial markets are small with little activity, while some financial markets like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) trade trillions of dollars of securities daily.
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Technical Efficiency Through Innovative Methods and Estimations in Financial Markets
Aikaterini Kokkinou (Higher Military Academy, Greece)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch006
Abstract
This paper investigates technical efficiency estimation in financial markets, using both parametric and non-parametric techniques: parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) approach or non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This chapter focuses on reviewing the stochastic frontier analysis literature regarding estimating inefficiency in financial markets level, as well as explaining producer heterogeneity along with the relationships with productive efficiency level. This chapter investigates technical efficiency estimation in financial markets, using both parametric and non-parametric techniques: parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) approach or non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). More specifically, this chapter focuses on reviewing the stochastic frontier analysis literature regarding estimating inefficiency, its industrial level, as well as explaining producer heterogeneity along with the relationships with productive efficiency level.
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Stock Market Responses to Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Case Studing China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Financial marketsare mechanisms that allow funds to be transferred from those with surplus funds to those with a shortage of funds.
Published in Chapter: Stock Market Responses to Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Case Studing China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia; From: Handbook of Research on Current Trends in Asian Economics, Business, and Administration
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Is Corporate Social Responsibility Really Able to Create Long-Term Sustainability Value?
Physical or virtual places, through which financial assets are exchanged between economic agents, and where the prices of these assets are defined. In the context of this chapter, its role is important as the place where the value generated by a company is recognized by the investors.
Published in Chapter: Is Corporate Social Responsibility Really Able to Create Long-Term Sustainability Value?; From: Handbook of Research on Global Aspects of Sustainable Finance in Times of Crises
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Global Business Environment
It is a market where individuals or organizations trade between themselves exchanging securities, commodities, bonds, or stocks.
Published in Chapter: Global Business Environment; From: Contemporary Multicultural Orientations and Practices for Global Leadership
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