Stefano Battilossi and Jaime Reis
Ashgate
Hardback
226
During the twentieth century the financial sector became possibly the most regulated area of the economy in many advanced and developing countries. The essays in this collection shed light on different aspects of the experience of financial regulation ownership and deregulation in Europe and the USA from a secular historical perspective. Taken as a whole the collection offers an intriguing insight into the differing ways western countries approached and responded to the challenges of the international financial system and the legacy of this on the modern world. In so doing it holds up to historical scrutiny the debate as to whether overt state regulation of financial markets always has a negative affect on economic growth or whether it can be an essential tool for developing nations in their efforts to expand their economies.
Ashgate
Hardback
226
During the twentieth century the financial sector became possibly the most regulated area of the economy in many advanced and developing countries. The essays in this collection shed light on different aspects of the experience of financial regulation ownership and deregulation in Europe and the USA from a secular historical perspective. Taken as a whole the collection offers an intriguing insight into the differing ways western countries approached and responded to the challenges of the international financial system and the legacy of this on the modern world. In so doing it holds up to historical scrutiny the debate as to whether overt state regulation of financial markets always has a negative affect on economic growth or whether it can be an essential tool for developing nations in their efforts to expand their economies.