Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History - How Farmers Loan Trust Company Shaped Laws of Business From 1822

Informationen zum Autor Bradley A. Hansen is Associate Professor intheDepartment of Economics at the University of Mary Washington. Klappentext This book examines the history of the first trust company! the Farmers Loan and Trust! and its influence on the evolution of corporate law! regulation! and taxation. Zusammenfassung This book examines the history of the first trust company! the Farmers Loan and Trust! and its influence on the evolution of corporate law! regulation! and taxation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company as an Institutional Entrepreneur The First Trust Company Vexatious Law Suits and the Path to Railroad Finance The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company and the Evolution of Corporate Finance Corporate Reorganization Railroad Regulation Taxation Conclusion: Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American History Notes Bibliography Index

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List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company as an Institutional Entrepreneur The First Trust Company Vexatious Law Suits and the Path to Railroad Finance The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company and the Evolution of Corporate Finance Corporate Reorganization Railroad Regulation Taxation Conclusion: Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American History Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: B Hansen, B. Hansen, Bradley A. Hansen
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2009
• EAN: 9780230603929
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60392-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; B, Law, Commercial law, Economic history, Law—Philosophy, Methods, theory & philosophy of law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, economic history;law;laws;organization;taxation