Synopses & Reviews
Review
"This volume is sure to please financial historians no matter what their specialty. In addition, it should appeal to scholars of contemporary monetary regimes, especially those focusing on developing financial institutions....it should be required reading for all governemnt officials involved with the regulation of financial institutions." Michael Haupert, EH.NET BOOK REVIEW"This volume is sure to please financial historians no matter what their specialty....it should appeal to scholars of contemporary monetary regimes, especially those focusing on developing financial institutions....it should be required reading for all government officials involved with the regulation of financial institutions." Michale Hupert, H-Net Reviews
Table of Contents
1. Financial history: lessons of the past for reformers of the present Gerard Caprio Jr and Dimitri Vittas; 2. The evolution of central banking Forrest Capie; 3. Free banking: the Scottish experience as a model for emerging economies Randall S. Kroszner; 4. Regulation and bank stability: Canada and the United States, 1870-1980 Michael Bordo; 5. Deposit insurance Eugene White; 6. Contingent liability in banking: useful policy for developing countries? Anthony Saunders and Berry Wilson; 7. Universal banking and the financing of industrial development Charles W. Calomiris; 8. Before main banks: a selective historical overview of Japan's prewar financial system Frank Packer; 9. Thrift deposit institutions in Europe and the United States Dimitri Vittas; 10. The development of industrial pensions in the United States during the twentieth century Samuel H. Williamson; 11. The rising securities markets: what can government do?1Richard Sylla.