The Swedish financial revolution
By: edited by Anders Ögren.
Contributors: Ögren, Anders, 1967-
Series: Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230234048
Subjects: Financial institutions -- Sweden -- History; Banks and banking -- Sweden -- History; Banking law -- Sweden
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 1910; K.LiljaThe Growth and Characteristics of Bank Lending, 1860; title: 1910; T.PeterssonThe Modernization of the Bank of Sweden, 1850; title: 1880; A.ÖgrenThe Evolution of Secondary Financial Markets, 1820; title: 1920; H.LindgrenFinancial Market Integration, 1830; title: 1890; H.LobellIncorporation and Financial Modernization; O.BrobergThe Financial Revolution and the Insurance Industry; M.Lönnborg & M.OlssonThe State and the Financial System; title: 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; title: 1910; K.LiljaThe Growth and Characteristics of Bank Lending, 1860; title: 1910; T.PeterssonThe Modernization of the Bank of Sweden, 1850; title: 1880; A.ÖgrenThe Evolution of Secondary Financial Markets, 1820; title: 1920; H.LindgrenFinancial Market Integration, 1830; title: 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.