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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-100230234046

ISBN-139780230234048

eBay Product ID (ePID)72940645

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXvi, 230 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSwedish Financial Revolution

Publication Year2010

SubjectEconomic History, Accounting / General, World / European, Economic Conditions, International / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnders Ögren

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

SeriesPalgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-044421

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal332.109485

Table Of ContentNotes on Contributors The Swedish Financial Revolution: An In-Depth Study; A.Ögren The Early Modern Financial System and the Informal Credit Market; K.Nyberg The Revolution of a Market for Household Savers, 1820-1910; K.Lilja The Growth and Characteristics of Bank Lending, 1860 1910; T.Petersson The Modernization of the Bank of Sweden, 1850 1880; A.Ögren The Evolution of Secondary Financial Markets, 1820-1920; H.Lindgren Financial Market Integration, 1830 1890; H.Lobell Incorporation and Financial Modernization; O.Broberg The Financial Revolution and the Insurance Industry; M.Lönnborg & M.Olsson The State and the Financial System - Regulation and Regime Change around 1900; M.Larsson Institutional Clash and Financial Fragility: Sweden's Financial Crises; H.Sjögren & S.Knutsen What We Can Learn from the Swedish Financial Revolution: An International Comparison; A.Ögren & R.Sylla Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisHow did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? This book discusses the role of politics and economics in this change and what it means for economic development, market integration and financial crises., How could Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well-functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? What was the role of politics and what was the role of economics in this change? What did this financial revolution mean for the economic development, market integration and financial crises? These are some of the issues explored in this book. Today the existence of a financial system might be taken for granted in all economically developed countries. It is hard to imagine society without one. Despite financial setbacks and problems, as today during the financial crisis, there is no doubt that a well-functioning financial system promotes economic wealth. However, in Sweden finance was, for a long time and until recently, a matter that concerned only a few people. During a short period of time from the 1850s to the 1870s many institutional and organizational changes spurred a rapidly increasing financial deepening that took off in the late 1860s. But as finance becomes a matter for the general public, so do financial crises. This books tells us why and how this financial revolution took place and how it affected not only all sectors of the economy but also politics

LC Classification NumberHF5601-5688