Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511510892

This volume includes ten essays dealing with financial and other forms of economic intermediation in Europe, Canada, and the United States since the seventeenth century. Each relates the development of institutions to economic change and describes their evolution over time, as well as discussing several different forms of intermediation, and deals with significant economic and historical issues.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Preface
pp ix-x
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Global and Comparative Research University of California at Los Angeles, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Professor of Economics University of California at Los Angeles
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Introduction
pp 1-8
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Global and Comparative Research University of California at Los Angeles, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Professor of Economics University of California at Los Angeles
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I - FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN EUROPE
pp 9-10
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Global and Comparative Research University of California at Los Angeles, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Professor of Economics University of California at Los Angeles
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1 - Markets and Institutions in the Rise of London as a Financial Center in the Seventeenth Century
pp 11-33
- By Larry Neal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER, Stephen Quinn, Texas Christian University
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2 - The Paris Bourse, 1724–1814: Experiments in Microstructure
pp 34-74
- By Eugene N. White, Rutgers University and NBER
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3 - No Exit: Notarial Bankruptcies and the Evolution of Financial Intermediation in Nineteenth Century Paris
pp 75-108
- By Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Gilles Postel-Vinay, EHESS and INRA-LEA, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, University of California at Los Angeles
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II - FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN THE AMERICAS
pp 109-110
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Global and Comparative Research University of California at Los Angeles, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Professor of Economics University of California at Los Angeles
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4 - The Mortgage Market in Upper Canada: Window on a Pioneer Economy
pp 111-131
- By Angela Redish, University of British Columbia
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5 - Integration of U.S. Capital Markets: Southern Stock Markets and the Case of New Orleans, 1871–1913
pp 132-156
- By John B. Legler, University of Georgia, Richard Sylla, New York University and NBER
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6 - The Transition from Building and Loan to Savings and Loan, 1890–1940
pp 157-206
- By Kenneth A. Snowden, University of California at Los Angeles
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III - OTHER FORMS OF INTERMEDIATION
pp 207-208
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology
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7 - Intermediaries in the U.S. Market for Technology, 1870–1920
pp 209-246
- By Naomi R. Lamoreaux, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
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8 - Beyond Chinatown: Overseas Chinese Intermediaries on the Multiethnic North-American Pacific Coast in the Age of Financial Capital
pp 247-271
- By Dianne Newell, University of British Columbia
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9 - Finance and Capital Accumulation in a Planned Economy: The Agricultural Surplus Hypothesis and Soviet Economic Development, 1928–1939
pp 272-287
- By Robert C. Allen, Nuffield College, Oxford
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10 - Was Adherence to the Gold Standard a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” during the Interwar Period?
pp 288-318
- By Michael Bordo, Rutgers University and NBER, Michael Edelstein, Queens College, CUNY, Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University and NBER
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Afterword: About Lance Davis
pp 319-336
- By Stanley L. Engerman, Professor of Economics and History University of Rochester, Philip T. Hoffman, Professor of History and Social Science California Institute of Technology, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Global and Comparative Research University of California at Los Angeles, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Professor of Economics University of California at Los Angeles
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Index
pp 337-350
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-8

I - FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN EUROPE
pp 9-10

1 - Markets and Institutions in the Rise of London as a Financial Center in the Seventeenth Century
pp 11-33

2 - The Paris Bourse, 1724–1814: Experiments in Microstructure
pp 34-74

3 - No Exit: Notarial Bankruptcies and the Evolution of Financial Intermediation in Nineteenth Century Paris
pp 75-108

II - FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN THE AMERICAS
pp 109-110

4 - The Mortgage Market in Upper Canada: Window on a Pioneer Economy
pp 111-131

5 - Integration of U.S. Capital Markets: Southern Stock Markets and the Case of New Orleans, 1871–1913
pp 132-156

6 - The Transition from Building and Loan to Savings and Loan, 1890–1940
pp 157-206

III - OTHER FORMS OF INTERMEDIATION
pp 207-208

7 - Intermediaries in the U.S. Market for Technology, 1870–1920
pp 209-246

8 - Beyond Chinatown: Overseas Chinese Intermediaries on the Multiethnic North-American Pacific Coast in the Age of Financial Capital
pp 247-271

9 - Finance and Capital Accumulation in a Planned Economy: The Agricultural Surplus Hypothesis and Soviet Economic Development, 1928–1939
pp 272-287

10 - Was Adherence to the Gold Standard a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” during the Interwar Period?
pp 288-318

Afterword: About Lance Davis
pp 319-336

Index
pp 337-350

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