The Swedish Financial Revolution [electronic resource] /
Ögren, A.editor.
How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? This book discusses the role of politics and economics in this change and what it means for economic development, market integration and financial crises.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Notes on ContributorsThe Swedish Financial Revolution: An In-Depth Study; A.ÖgrenThe Early Modern Financial System and the Informal Credit Market; K.NybergThe Revolution of a Market for Household Savers, 1820--1910; K.LiljaThe Growth and Characteristics of Bank Lending, 1860 --1910; T.PeterssonThe Modernization of the Bank of Sweden, 1850--1880; A.ÖgrenThe Evolution of Secondary Financial Markets, 1820--1920; H.LindgrenFinancial Market Integration, 1830--1890; H.LobellIncorporation and Financial Modernization; O.BrobergThe Financial Revolution and the Insurance Industry; M.Lönnborg & M.OlssonThe State and the Financial System -- Regulation and Regime Change around 1900; M.LarssonInstitutional Clash and Financial Fragility: Sweden's Financial Crises; H.Sjögren & S.KnutsenWhat We Can Learn from the Swedish Financial Revolution: An International Comparison; A.Ögren & R.SyllaNotesBibliographyIndex Notes on ContributorsThe Swedish Financial Revolution: An In-Depth Study; A.ÖgrenThe Early Modern Financial System and the Informal Credit Market; K.NybergThe Revolution of a Market for Household Savers, 1820--1910; K.LiljaThe Growth and Characteristics of Bank Lending, 1860--1910; T.PeterssonThe Modernization of the Bank of Sweden, 1850--1880; A.ÖgrenThe Evolution of Secondary Financial Markets, 1820--1920; H.LindgrenFinancial Market Integration, 1830--1890; H.LobellIncorporation and Financial Modernization; O.BrobergThe Financial Revolution and the Insurance Industry; M.Lönnborg & M.OlssonThe State and the Financial System - Regulation and Regime Change around 1900; M.LarssonInstitutional Clash and Financial Fragility: Sweden's Financial Crises; H.Sjögren & S.KnutsenWhat We Can Learn from the Swedish Financial Revolution: An International Comparison; A.Ögren & R.SyllaNotesBibliographyIndex.
How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? This book discusses the role of politics and economics in this change and what it means for economic development, market integration and financial crises.
Accounting.
Bookkeeping .
Economic history.
International economics.
Banks and banking.
Finance.
Europe—History.
Accounting/Auditing.
Economic History.
International Economics.
Banking.
Finance, general.
European History.