Anglo-American financial systems
Subtitle: institutions and markets in the twentieth century
By: edited by Michael D. Bordo and Richard Sylla.
Contributors: Bordo, Michael D.; Sylla, Richard Eugene.; New York University. Salomon Center.
Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Burr Ridge, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
Subjects: Financial institutions -- United States -- Congresses.; Financial institutions -- Canada -- Congresses.; Financial institutions -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
Description: Anglo-American Financial Systems: Institutions and Markets in the Twentieth Century offers you the fascinating history of finance through the perspectives of leading scholars. These leading economic and financial historians together with financial practitioners provide you with insights into the market-oriented systems of the Anglo-American countries since 1900.

They examine the similarities and differences of these systems and the contrasts between them and institution-oriented systems of continental Europe and Asia. Specific topics include comparing the U. S. and Canadian banking systems, 1933-1992; the rise and fall of the New York money market, 1900-1930; comparative financial market regulation; and financial integration in the 20th-century United States.

. Anglo-American Financial Systems: Institutions and Markets in the Twentieth Century is a "must have" guide for all financial practitioners, policy makers, and financial economists. This comprehensive resource covers the major aspects of financial systems analysis, including banking systems; investment banking and financial market regulation; money, mortgage, and securities markets; and intermediation, foreign investment, and financial integration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"New York University Salomon Center, Leonard N. Stern School of Business."
"Papers presented at a conference held at the Stern School of Business, New York University, in December 1993"--Pref.