Finance Capitalism and Germany''s Rise to Industrial Power

Klappentext This book offers insights into the development of the German corporate finance system. Zusammenfassung This book uses theoretically motivated econometric analysis to understand the structure! performance! and influence of universal banks and securities markets on industrial firms during industrialisation. The findings show that securities markets can thrive within a civil-law! universal-bank system and suggest that financial system complexity can favour rapid industrial expansion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The development of the German corporate finance system until 1913; 3. Theoretical perspectives on banking and financial system structure; 4. The development and impact of universal banking; 5. Corporate governance relationships: patterns and explanations; 6. Firm financing and performance; 7. Securities markets; 8. Upheaval and recovery; 9. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Caroline Fohlin, Caroline (The Johns Hopkins University) Fohlin, Fohlin Caroline
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521396608
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39660-8
• No. of pages: 406
• Series: Studies in Macroeconomic Histo; Studies in Macroeconomic History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Germany, Economics, Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, Economic history, Regional Studies