The Evolution of Nordic Finance [electronic resource] /
Andersen, Steffen Elkiær.author.
The book describes the birth and growth of financial institutions and stock exchanges in Scandinavia and Finland from 1656 to 2010, including their banking crises and the history of banking regulation. It argues that quantitative regulations cannot, in the long run, produce the desired results and bear the seeds of future financial crises.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Schedules; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What's It All About?; 1 Sweden-Finland, ca. 1650-1817: Wilderness Replaced by Confusion; 2 Denmark-Norway in the Age of Globalization, 1736-1814; 3 Denmark, 1818-1918: A Dismembered Country; 4 Finland, 1809-1917: A Changed World; 5 Norway, 1814-1918: From Province to Nation; 6 Sweden, 1814-1916: First Banking Act in the Nordics; 7 Denmark, 1918-2010: Towards Financial Abyss and Back; 8 Finland, 1918-2010: A Quick Adaptor; 9 Norway, 1918-2010: Saved by the North Sea
10 Sweden, 1918-2009: Too Good to Be True11 Some Reflections and Conclusions; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book describes the birth and growth of financial institutions and stock exchanges in Scandinavia and Finland from 1656 to 2010, including their banking crises and the history of banking regulation. It argues that quantitative regulations cannot, in the long run, produce the desired results and bear the seeds of future financial crises.
Macroeconomics.
Political economy.
Economic history.
Banks and banking.
Europe—History.
International economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Political Economy.
Economic History.
Banking.
European History.
International Economics.