A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

ISBN-13: 9781138388208 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 250 str.

Pedro Lains

Opis

This book examines the history of what became one of Portugal’s largest banks, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos.The book weaves in and out of different political and international contexts, following the many changes of the Portuguese political regime and of its interactions with the national and international economy.

Spis treści

Introduction  Acknowledgements 1: The rise of public finance, 1820–1870  2: Financial boom and crisis, 1870–1876  3. The establishment of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos, 1876–1880  4. The establishment of the Caixa Económica Portuguesa, 1880–1886   5. The financial reforms, 1886–1890   6. The financial crisis, 1890–1892   7. Back to the old order, 1892–1910  8. The Republic, 1910–1926   9. The new order, 1926–1929  10. The path consolidation of the Estado Novo, 1929–1935   11. Public investment, 1935–1950  12. Between the state and the market, 1950–1968  13. Staying behind, 1968–1974  14. The nationalizations and beyond, 1974–1992  15. Coping with the monetary union, 1992–2010  Conclusion   References

O autorze

Pedro Lains (Lisbon, December 1959 – May 2021) was Research Professor at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon. His main research interests were Portuguese and European economic history. He has published many books and journal articles in these fields, including a forthcoming edited volume on The Economic History of the Iberian Peninsula, 711–2000.