Contemporary Trends and Challenges in Finance

Chapter 1. The relationship between ethnic diversity and stock market development: A global perspective.- Chapter 2. Does Withholding Tax Reduce International Income-Shifting by FDI?.- Chapter 3. The relationship between trading volume and returns volatility on Warsaw Stock Exchange.- Chapter 4. Factors influencing individual investor participation in stock market.- Chapter 5. Model Risk of VaR and ES using Monte Carlo: Study on Financial Institutions from Paris and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges.- Chapter 6. Tick Size Reduction and Liquidity Dimensions - Evidence from an Emerging Market.- Chapter 7. Cryptocurrency portfolio construction using machine learning models.- Chapter 8. Development factors of blockchain technology within banking sector.- Chapter 9. Does competition matter for the effects of macroprudential policy on bank asset growth?.- Chapter 10. Systemic risk in selected countries of Western and Central Europe.- Chapter 11. Industry and Size Effect in the Relation between Corporate Material and Financial Decisions: Findings from the EU Countries.- Chapter 12. Technology level and financial constraints of public listed companies.- Chapter 13. Differences in use of credit products between the old and new member states of the European Union.- Chapter 14. Diversified risky financial assets in portfolios of risk-averse households - what determines their occurrence?.- Chapter 15. Financial Behavior: Preliminary Survey Results.

Krzysztof Jajuga is a Professor of Finance. He holds the chair of the Department of Financial Investments and Risk Management at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. He obtained his doctoral degree in Economics from Wroclaw University of Economics and Business in 1982 and became a full professor in 1992. His field of scientific interest is financial econometrics, capital markets and risk analysis and management. He is the author of numerous international and national publications, including 18 books. He holds a number of positions including president of CFA Society Poland.




Hermann Locarek-Junge has been a Professor of Finance and Financial Services at TU Dresden's Faculty of Management and Economics since 1995. He has been visiting professor and research fellow at a number of international institutions and universities. During his academic career, he undertook research work for several banks, including the Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Sparkasse Dresden, Union Investment, and the German National Research Foundation (DFG).