The Evolution of Nordic Finance

The book describes the birth and growth of financial institutions and stock exchanges in Scandinavia and Finland from 1656 to 2010, including their banking crises and the history of banking regulation. It argues that quantitative regulations cannot, in the long run, produce the desired results and b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andersen, Steffen E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2011, 2011
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The book describes the birth and growth of financial institutions and stock exchanges in Scandinavia and Finland from 1656 to 2010, including their banking crises and the history of banking regulation. It argues that quantitative regulations cannot, in the long run, produce the desired results and bear the seeds of future financial crises
Physical Description:XVI, 289 p online resource
ISBN:9780230299252