The Origins of Modern Banking in Spain: The Role of Monetary Plurality

ISBN-13: 9781138316553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 192 str.

Carles Sudria Triay; Yolanda Blasco-Martel

Opis

This book analyses the formation of the Spanish banking system. It provides a general overview of European financial systems in operation during the mid-nineteenth century, followed by a detailed analysis of the economic and institutional changes that gave rise to a new form of banking in Spain.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Money and banking in Europe, 1700–1890: the formation of new financial systems. 2. Banking regulation and the emergence of provincial banks in Spain. 3. Bourgeoisie and provincial banks: social origins of the new banking elite. 4. A profitability approach to Spanish banks’ performance: earnings and assets. 5. Provincial banks of issue and the Spanish economy: money and credit. 6. The unexpected end of monetary plurality: a premature demise? 7. A final assessment: Spanish banking development in nineteenth-century Europe.