Risk and uncertainty in financial markets: a symposium 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

The financial crisis in the US 2008-2009: losing and restoring confidence 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

Confidence is an understudied topic in modern economics as well as in modern sociology, but vital to an understanding of financial markets and financial crises. In this article, I suggest what a theor...

From uncertainty toward risk: the case of credit ratings 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

Modern theories of rational decision-making distinguish between certainty, risk and uncertainty. When the consequences of action cannot be calculated, decision-makers confront uncertainty rather than ...

Futures and risk: the rise and demise of the hedger-speculator dichotomy 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

In interpreting futures markets, a well-established dichotomy of hedgers and speculators is at play. Hedgers are unwillingly exposed to risks; speculators take them over hoping for profit. This concep...

Family firms between risks and opportunities: a literature review 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

This paper deals with the relationship between risk, uncertainty and family firms. After more than two decades of research on family capitalism, the strengths and the weaknesses of firms run by the im...

Moral categories in the financial crisis 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

Karl Marx observed long ago that all economic struggles invite moral struggles, or masquerade as such. The reverse may be true, too: deep moral–political conflicts may be waged through the manipulatio...

The role of finance in political economy 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

Tax increment financing, economic development professionals and the financialization of urban politics 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

Scholars argue that the state has facilitated the expansion of the financial sector, but focus largely on how politics transforms financial markets. I explore a new political mechanism of financializa...

Agents of privatization? Business groups and the rise of pension funds in Continental Europe 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

This paper analyses business preferences towards the development of private pension funds. Existing studies about business involvement in welfare state reform equate capital with employers and focus o...

Regulating international finance and the diversity of capitalism 25 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm

In this paper, I put the ongoing G20 process of improving the regulation of international finance into a historically and theoretically informed perspective. To understand the driving forces behind an...