Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 466 g
Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 466 g
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
ISBN: 978-3-030-10001-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
This book uses a variety of previously unpublished archival sources to question the bubble narrative usually associated with this crisis, and to identify the mechanisms of financial contagion that allowed the failure of a small private bank in London to cause rapid and severe distress throughout the 18th century financial system. It re-examines the short and turbulent career of the Ayr Bank, and concludes that itsfailure was the result of cavalier liability management akin to that of Northern Rock in 2007, rather than the poor asset quality alleged in existing literature. It furthermore argues that the Bank of England’s prompt efforts to contain the crisis are evidence of a Lender of Last Resort in action, some thirty years before the classical formulation of the concept by Henry Thornton.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzkrisen
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzkrisen, Wirtschaftskrisen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
1. ‘A Year of Confusion, Dismay, and Distress’: The 1772–73 Financial Crisis and Its Potential Significance.- 2. A Minsky Bubble? Economic Growth and the Financial Sector in 1763–72.- 3.‘Roguery’, ‘Stupidity’, and Permissive Regulation: Asset Speculation and Speculative Projects in 1763–72.- 4. Propagation and Containment: Financial Contagion and the Lender of Last Resort in 1772–73.- 5. Impact and Resolution.- 6. Conclusion.