The evolution of financial institutions and markets in twentieth-century Europe

by Youssef Cassis

The last decade has witnessed widespread deregulation in major international financial centres and an increased globalization of financial activities. This phenomenon, which raises the question of the relationship between finance and the real economy, has been widely discussed by financial analysts, but has not yet been placed in its historical perspective. This is one of the first books to address this important problem. The editors and contributors take as their point of departure the current state of various financial institutions and the ways in which their distinctive features and...

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