Banking in Crisis. The rise and fall of British banking stability, 1800 to the present
Details:
- Author(s) Turner, John D
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 253pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Risk taking, risk management & other issues [currently subject to editing]
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Notes:
Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 2014. Charts the rise and fall of banking stability shedding light on why banking systems crash and on the factors underpinning stability. Has sections: 'Banking instability and risk shifting'; 'The evolution of British banking structure and stability since 1800'; 'Major and minor British banking crises since 1800'; 'Banking stability, shareholder liability and bank capital'; 'Averting or creating banking crises? The lender of last resort and bank rescues'; 'Banking stability and bank regulation'; 'Restoring banking stability: policy and political economy'