The literature surveys presented in this edited volume provide readers with up-to-date reviews on eleven contemporary topics in finance. Topics include unconventional monetary policy, implicit bank guarantees, and financial fraud - all linked to the exceptional event of the Global Financial CrisisExplores how recent studies on inflation risk premia and finance and productivity have benefitted from new empirical methods and the availability of relevant dataDemonstrates how angel investing, venture capital, relationship lending and microfinance have benefitted from increased research as they have become more seasonedInvestigates crowdfunding and crypto-currencies which have both arisen from recent technological developments