Since The 1980's, The Characteristics Model In Economics Has Been Applied To The Field Of Finance, And Offers A Fresh Perspective For Understanding Financial Behaviour. This Book Brings Together Some Of The Latest Research By Leading Exponents Of The Characteristics Model And Its Application To Finance. Book Cover; Title; Contents; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; List Of Contributors; Introduction; Portfolio Behaviour And Asset Pricing In A Characteristics Framework; Financial Intermediation And Financial Innovation In A Characteristics Framework; A Characteristics Definition Of Financial Markets; The Computation Of Interest Equivalences For The Nonprice Characteristics Of Bank Products; A Characteristics Analysis Of Financial Innovations In Short-term Retail Financial Products; Postscript; Index Edited By David Blake. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English