Publications
Books | Book Chapters | Journal Articles | Policy Papers
"Financial Crises: Socio-economic Causes and Institutional Context" London & New York: Routledge.2006 ISBN: 0-41536-2873
"Room to Grow: Celebrating Atkinson’s Living Legacy" Eds. Brenda Spotton Visano and Kristin Taylor, Toronto Canada: York University, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-55014-508-3 (205pp)
"Study Guide to Accompany Samuelson, Nordhaus and McCallum: Economies." G. Yohe,N.D. Modak, and B. Spotton. Sixth Canadian Edition (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988).
"Instructor's Manual to Accompany Samuelson, Nordhaus and McCallum: Economics." G. Yohe, J. McCallum, and B. Spotton. Sixth Canadian Edition (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988).
"Where's the Justice? Health Inequity, Income Inequality and Canada's Culture of Individualism" in Justice, Health and Culture Ed. M. Jacobs (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2008).
“Banking Industry”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd ed., 9 vols. Ed. William A. Darity Jr. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008) , pp. 250-254
“Speculation”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd ed., 9 vols. Ed. William A. Darity Jr. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008) , pp. 54-55
“Panics”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd ed., 9 vols. Ed. William A. Darity Jr. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA,2008) , pp. 124-125
“Great Tulip Mania”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd ed., 9 vols. Ed. William A. Darity Jr. (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA,2008) , p. 375
"Neoclassical Economics as Thrasymachean Justice?" A Reader in Social Justice Ed. M. Jacobs (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2006 ) F06.
"Monetary Dialogue and Dogma in the Bank of Canada: Inside Evidence Revisited" (R. Rowley and B. Spotton Visano) Central Banking in the Modern World: Alternative Perspectives Eds. M. Lavoie and M. Seccareccia (Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar, 2004) pp. 91-111.
"Financial Crises, Crashes, and Speculative Bubbles: The Regulation Imperative in a Critique of Recent Episodes" in Global Political Economy and the Wealth of Nations:: Performance Institutions, Problems and Policies. Ed. P. O'Hara (London & New York: Routledge, 2004 ) pp. 225-244.
"Electronic Payments and Exchange Rate Regimes: Industry Changes and the Question of a Single North American Currency" Dol/ariiation: Lessons from Europe for the Americas Eds. L.P. Rochon and M. Seccareccia (London & New York: Routledge, 2003) pp. 116-128.
"Electronic Banking and Transnational Corporate Activity: Conjectural Implications for National Monetary Policy and Future Monetary Arrangements" Financial Asymmetries Eds. B. Batavia, A. Malliaris, N. Lash. (Toronto: APF Press, 2002) pp. 47-59.
"Margaret Myers" Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists Eds. R. Dimand, M.A. Dimand, and E. Forget. (London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000) pp. 320-322
"Regulation and Deregulation: Financial" Encyclopedia of Political Economy. Ed. P.A. O'Hara (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), vol. 2: 971 - 974 (Invited contribution).
"Speculative Bubbles and Fundamental Values" (B. Spotton and P.A. O'Hara) Ed. P.A. O'Hara Encyclopedia of Political Economy (London and New York: Routledge,1999), vol. 2: 1079-1082 (Invited contribution).
"The Role of Credit in the Mania-Crisis Process" Money, Financial Institutions and Macroeconomics, Eds. A. Cohen, H. Hagemann and J. Smithin (Boston: Kluwer, 1997) pp. 141-153.
“Whither the Crime in Financial Crises? The Thailand Crisis and the NASDAQ Market Collapse Compared.” International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory,2008. Vol. 1, No. 1, 97-110
“A Hybrid Multi-agent Model for Financial Markets” S. Chen, J. Tien, and B. Spotton Visano, in N.T. Nguyen et al. (Eds.) : New Frontiers in Applied Artificial Intelligence of Lecture Notes in Computer Science IEA/AIE 2008, LNAI 5027, pp. 531–540.
“Different and Unequal: Payday Loans and Microcredit in Canada” Journal of Economic Asymmetries 2008 Vol.5 No.1, 109-123
"Introducing Social Investors into Multi-Agent Models of Financial Markets" S. Chen,B. Spotton Visano, and Y. Kong. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2006. 4031: 44-53 W06.
“Financial Manias and Panics: A Socioeconomic Perspective” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2002 61(4): 801-822. Excerpted and Translated 2003. «Bulles et paniques financières : une perspective socio-economique » in Problèmes Economiques No 2385 Mer 10 (Dec): 7-14
"Efficient Markets, Fundamentals, and Crashes: American Theories of Financial Crises and Market Volatility" B. Spotton and R. Rowley, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1998, 57(4): 663-690.
"Financial Instability Reconsidered: Orthodox Theories versus Historical Facts." Journal of Economic Issues (Affiliate journal of the Association for Evolutionary Economics)1997, 3(1): 175-195.
"Monetary Dialogue and Dogma in Canada: The Inside View." B. Spotton and R. Rowley. Canadian Business Economics (Affiliate journal of Canadian Association of Business Economists)1996 5(1): 20 - 32.
"Financial Instability: Some Stylized Facts." Canadian Journal of Economics (Affiliate journal of the Canadian Economics Association) (Special Issue)1996 XXIX: 1: S202-S206.
"Speculating About Bubbles" McGill Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 16:1-7.
"A Note on Rational Speculative Bubbles" T. Kompas and B. Spotton, Economics Letters 1989, 30(4): 327-331.
Spotton Visano, B. 2007 "Micro-credit Programs: Key Characteristics and Design Considerations" (Varun Dua, Swetha Subbiah, Brenda Spotton Visano) Unpublished Report to the Black Creek Community Capacity Building Project-Microcredit Working Group.
Spotton Visano, B. 2007 "Survey on Self-Employment Opportunities and Lending Needs" (Survey Design: Ayuel Ayuel, Christine Davis, Varun Dua, Edric Low, Brenda Spotton Visano, Swetha Subbiah, Gigi Yip) Black Creek West Community Capacity Building Project.
Spotton Visano, B. 2003 "Macroeconomic Perspectives" (B. Spotton Visano, S. Ladner, A. Tabussum, and X. Zhang), Chapter 6 of Monitoring the Digital Divide... and Beyond Ed. G. Sciadas (Orbicom: UNESCO and Universite du Quebec a Montreal) pp. 83-88.
Spotton Visano, B. 2003. "Analysis of Prices and Quantities of Global Cellular and Telephone Data" (X. Zhang and B. Spotton Visano) Submitted to Orbicom (UNESCO and Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Pp.10 2001 Report of the Special Committee to Examine the Status of Women Economists in Canada. Special.
Spotton Visano, B. 2006. "Meeting the challenges: skilled construction craft work: A Revision" Labourers International Union of North America (LIUNA) With L.A. Visano and Antonio Nicaso , (contact: John Mandarino), Toronto.
Spotton Visano, B. 1998 "Electronic Money and Electronic Financial Transactions" Prepared under contract for and submitted to Statistics Canada, Part of the Telecommunications Statistical Infrastructure and Economic Analysis Program funded by the Telecommunications Policy Branch of Industry Canada Pp.30.
