The origins and development of financial markets and institutions : from the seventeenth century to the present

List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1. Financial innovations and crises: the view backwards from Northern Rock Jeremy Atack 2. An economic explanation of the early Bank of Amsterdam, debasement, bills of exchange and the emergence of the first Central Bank Stephen Quinn and William Roberds 3. With a view to hold: the emergence of institutional investors on the Amsterdam securities market during the 17th and 18th centuries Oscar Gelderblom and Joost Jonker 4. Was John Law's system a bubble? The Mississippi Bubble revisited Francois R. Velde 5. Sir George Caswall vs. the Duke of Portland: financial contracts and litigation in the wake of the South Sea Bubble Gary S. Shea 6. The Bell Jar: commercial interest rates between two revolutions, 1688-1789 Marc Flandreau, Christophe Galimard, Clemens Jobst and Pilar Nogues Marco 7. Comparing the UK and US financial systems, 1790-1830 Richard Sylla 8. Natural experiments in financial reform in the nineteenth century, the Davis and Gallman analysis Larry Neal 9. Regulatory changes and the development of the US banking market, 1870-1914: a study of profit rates and risk in national banks Richard J. Sullivan 10. Anticipating the stock market crash of 1929: the view from the floor of the stock exchange Eugene N. White 11. The development of 'non-traditional' open market operations: lessons from FDR's Silver Purchase Program Richard C. K. Burdekin and Marc D. Weidenmier 12. The interwar shocks to US-Cuban trade relations: a view through sugar company stock price data Alan Dye and Richard Sicotte 13. Central Bank reaction functions during the inter-war Gold Standard: a view from the periphery Kirsten Wandschneider 14. Monetary policy and equity price booms: historical cross-country evidence Michael Bordo and David Wheelock 15. Lessons from history for the twenty-first century Larry Neal Index.