1st Edition

The Financialized Economy Theoretical Views and Empirical Cases

By Alexander Styhre Copyright 2021
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries. In some cases, this tendency towards a more sizeable and influential finance industry has been referred to as "the financialization" of the economy. This book... Read more

Introduction

1 The financial economy: a review of the literature

2 The institutional framework: the capital formation process in finance-led economies

3 Thickly capitalized ventures: housing production, illiquid assets, and social welfare

4 Thinly capitalized ventures: financing science-based innovation in entrepreneurial firms

5 The institutional logic of the finance-led economy

 

Biography

Alexander Styhre is chair of Organizational Theory and Management, Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.