Banking in crisis
Subtitle: the rise and fall of British banking stability, 1800 to the present
By: John D. Turner
Series: Cambridge studies in economic history; Cambridge studies in economic history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781107609860; 9781107030947
Subjects: Financial crises; History; Economic conditions; Banks and banking; State supervision
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: holding shareholders to account; title: Banking instability and risk shifting; title: The evolution of British banking structure and stability since 1800; title: Major and minor British banking crises since 1800; title: Banking stability, shareholder liability and bank capital; title: Averting or creating banking crises? The lender of last resort and bank rescues; title: Banking stability and bank regulation; title: Restoring banking stability: policy and political economy.