European banks and the rise of international finance after Bretton Woods (1973-1982)
By: Carlo Edoardo Altamura
Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Uppsala studies in economic history -- 101; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis -- 101.
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9789155492519
Subjects: International finance; History; European Banks and banking; Finance; Euro-dollar market; Financial crises
Description: European Banks and the Rise of International Finance examines the historical origins of the financialised world we live in by analysing the transformations in world finance which occurred in the decade from the first oil crisis of 1973, until the debt crisis of 1982. This a crucial and formative decade for understanding the modern financial landscape, but it is still mostly unexplored in economic and financial history. The availability of new archival evidence has allowed for the re-examination of issues such as the progressive privatisation of international financial flows to Less Developed Countries, especially in Latin America and South-East Asia, and its impact on the expansion of the European banking sector, and for the development of an invaluable financial and political history.
Notes: University publication.

doctoral University of Geneva and Uppsala University 2015

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321).