Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stanley L. Engerman
Edited by Philip T. Hoffman
Edited by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
Edited by Kenneth L. Sokoloff
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:362
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenreEconomic history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521147415
ClassificationsDewey:330.12609
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This volume includes ten essays dealing with financial and other forms of economic intermediation in Europe, Canada, and the United States since the seventeenth century. Each relates the development of institutions to economic change and describes their evolution over time, as well as discussing several different forms of intermediation, and deals with significant economic and historical issues.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'This is a book which economic and business historians can read with both pleasure and profit.' Enterprise and Society