Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
Contributors: Stanley L. Engerman (Editor); Philip T. Hoffman (Editor); Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (Editor); Kenneth L. Sokoloff (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780521820547
Subjects: Development economics; Economic history; Finance; International finance; Business/Economics; Banks & Banking; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Financial institutions; Economics - General; Congresses; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Economic development
First sentence: Informal networks are an important technology in financial development, and successful formal systems have usually replaced previously successful informal systems.