Thorsten Beck

Ross Levine

Asl? Demirgüç-Kunt

"While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, we study whether financial development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we distinguish among competing theoretical predictions about the impact of financial development on changes in income distribution and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the incomes of the poor. Countries with better-developed financial intermediaries experience faster declines in measures of both poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse causality"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Cross-country Evidence

Finance, Inequality, and Poverty

The Handbook of Finance and Development provides a thorough assessment of the existing research on the relationship between the financial system and economic growth. Containing chapters on theory, empirical work and historic accounts, this is the first Handbook to provide a comprehensive overview of the fields of finance and development. As leading researchers in the field the contributors analyse the emergence of, and innovations in, financial instruments, markets, and intermediaries, providing commentary on how these components of financial systems shape resource allocation, poverty, income inequality and aggregate economic growth. They also explore the causes and consequences of financial fragility, the historic development of financial systems, and the regulatory and supervisory underpinnings of financial sector development. Further chapters examine financial development at both the aggregate and country levels and assess the degree to which individuals and firms can access financial services. Recent literature on the financial inclusion of households and enterprises is also analysed.The Handbook will be of great value to scholars and researchers who are interested in the fields of finance, development and financial inclusion. Throughout the chapters the contributors highlight how insights drawn from research inform policy debates on the topics at hand making this work a useful resource for policy makers and regulators.

Handbook of Finance and Development

Topics include: Clinical Predictors of Outcome in MPNs; Molecular pathogenesis of MPNs; Disordered signaling in MPNs; Role of TET2/ASXL1 in MPN Pathogenesis; Pathogenesis and treatment of systemic mastocytosis; Role of additional novel therapies in MPNs; Role of novel mutations in MPN pathogenesis and outcome; Role of JAK inhibitors in MPN treatment; Animal Models of MPNs; and Role of Germline Genetic Factors in MPN Pathogenesis.

Non-CML Myeloproliferative Diseases, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America - E-Book

Ronald Hoffman

John Mascarenhas

Raajit Rampal

This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Ronald Hoffman, Ross Levine, John Mascarenhas, and Raajit Rampal, is dedicated to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. This issue is one of six selected each year by the series consulting editors, Drs. George P. Canellos and Edward J. Benz. Topics in this issue include—but are not limited to— Overview of pathophysiology and potential drug targets, The role of the megakaryocyte, Epigenetics, Genetics, Novel technologies for understanding MPN biology, Important pathology considerations, Current Clinical investigations, Quality of life, Application of stem cell therapy, Immunotherapy approaches, Clinical unmet needs in ET/PV, Accelerated and blast phase MPNs, Epidemiology, Thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications, Murine modeling, The microenvironment in MPNs, MDS/MPN overlap syndrome, and Advancing effective clinical trial designs.

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Daniel Fletcher

Paul Janmey

Sharon Gerecht

Parag Mallick

Owen McCarty

Lance Munn

Cynthia Reinhart-King

This book presents an Assessment of Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology (APHELION) by a panel of experts. It covers the status and trends of applying physical sciences and engineering principles to oncology research in leading laboratories and organizations in Europe and Asia. The book elaborates on the six topics identified by the panel that have the greatest potential to advance understanding and treatment of cancer, each covered by a chapter in the book. The study was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institute of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the NIH in the US under a cooperative agreement with the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC).

A WTEC Global Assessment

Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology

David Scott

A Policy Choice in Transitional Socialist Economies

Old Debts and New Beginnings

Asli Demirgüç-Kunt

A Cross-country Comparison of Banks, Markets, and Development

Financial Structure and Economic Growth

This new database of indicators of financial development and structure across countries and over time unites a range of indicators that measure the size, activity, and efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets.

A New Database on Financial Development and Structure

This two-volume collection brings together major contributions to the study of finance and growth. It includes conceptual and empirical papers that use a range of methodologies to discover the connections between financial systems - including financial contracts, markets, and intermediaries - and the functioning of the economy - including economic growth, entrepreneurship, technological innovation, poverty alleviation, the distribution of income, and the structure and volatility of economies. It also discusses contributions to the study of the legal, political, institutional, social capital and policy determinants of financial development. With an original introduction by the editors, this collection is an important resource for students, academics and practitioners.

Finance and Growth

Norman Loayza

Finance and the Sources of Growth

Ching-Hon Pui

Inderjeet Dokal

Sarah O'Brien

David Garcia

James R. Cook

Kristie A. Blum

Timothy Graubert

Laura Scheuttpelz

Donald M. Arnold

Adam Cuker

Cindy Neunert

Keith R. McCrae

Margaret Ragni

Murat Arcasoy

Gary Lyman

Marc J. Kahn

Lawrence A. Solberg

Jecko Thachil

Timothy James Littlewood

Sioban Keel

Charles T. Quinn

Charles H. Packman

Stephan Moll

David P. Steensma

Anjali Sharathkumar

Jorge Di Paola

Amy D. Shapiro

A. Koneti Rao

Charles Eby

Jacob Rand

John Frater

Karen Quillen

Suzanne Bakdash

Dan S. Kaufman

David T. Scadden

Jerald Radich

Sergio Giralt

Geoffrey L. Uy

Ramon V. Tiu

Phillip Scheinberg

Lillian Sung

B. Douglas Smith

Daniel J. DeAngelo

Ann LaCasce

Kerry Joanne Savage

Brad S. Kahl

Grzegorz S. Nowakowski

Vicki A. Morrison

Irene Ghobrial

Martha Lacy

Hematologists and others working in hematology-related fields need to stay current with the latest advances in the rapidly evolving disciplines of adult and pediatric hematology. The American Society of Hematology Self-Assessment Program (ASH-SAP) is the only complete, comprehensive, educational resource available that fulfills this need, while also providing thorough board and recertification preparation, as well as AMA PRA Category 1 Credit'.

American Society of Hematology Self-Assessment Program

James R. Barth

Gerard Caprio, Jr.

How the unaccountable, unmonitorable, and unchecked actions of regulators precipitated the global financial crisis; and how to reform the system. The recent financial crisis was an accident, a “perfect storm” fueled by an unforeseeable confluence of events that unfortunately combined to bring down the global financial systems. Or at least this is the story told and retold by a chorus of luminaries that includes Timothy Geithner, Henry Paulson, Robert Rubin, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan. In Guardians of Finance, economists James Barth, Gerard Caprio, and Ross Levine argue that the financial meltdown of 2007 to 2009 was no accident; it was negligent homicide. They show that senior regulatory officials around the world knew or should have known that their policies were destabilizing the global financial system and yet chose not to act until the crisis had fully emerged. Barth, Caprio, and Levine propose a reform to counter this systemic failure: the establishment of a “Sentinel” to provide an informed, expert, and independent assessment of financial regulation. Its sole power would be to demand information and to evaluate it from the perspective of the public—rather than that of the financial industry, the regulators, or politicians.

Making Regulators Work for Us

Guardians of Finance

Ross Levine

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