Unsettled Account. The evolution of banking in the industrialised world since 1800
Details:
- Author(s) Grossman, Richard S
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2010
- Pages 384pp
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Place Published Princeton NJ
Topics:
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: collapse of businesses
Countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- Japan
- United States
- Sweden
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Provides an international comparative study of the development of commercial banking, notably in England, United States and Sweden but also touching on, inter alia, Canada, Japan, and Australia. 'Focuses on four major elements that have contributed to banking evolution: crises, bailouts, mergers, and regulations'. Chapters include: 'Origins of banking'; 'Banking crises'; 'Rescuing the banking system - bailouts, lenders of last resort, and more extreme measures'; 'Merger movements'; 'Regulation'; 'Banking evolution in England'; 'Banking evolution in Sweden'; 'Banking evolution in the United States'; 'Constrained and deregulated banking in the twentieth century and beyond'