A Financial History of the Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-58161-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

This book brings together the results of fresh scholarly research to present a unique overview of the financial history of the Netherlands from the sixteenth century onwards. The Netherlands has always occupied a role in international finance way out of proportion with its geographical size. Since the eighteenth century, the country has been one of the largest exporters of capital in the world. In addition, several important financial innovations were pioneered in the Netherlands, such as a funded public debt, the famous Amsterdam Wisselbank, large public limited companies with transferable shares, and securitized international loans. The book shows the evolution of the Dutch financial system during nearly four and a half centuries, detailing the close interrelationship between currency policy, public finance, and banking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Marjolein T.

Zanden, Jan Luiten van

Jonker, Joost

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; 2. The merits of financial revolution: public finance 1550–1700 Marjolein 't Hart; 3. Linking the fortunes: currency and banking 1550–1800 Pit Dehing and Marjolein 't Hart; 4. From fragmentation to unification: public finance 1700–1914 Wante Fritschy and René van der Voort; 5. The alternative road to modernity: banking and currency 1814–1914 Joost Jonker; 6. Old rules, new conditions, 1914–1940 Jan Luiten van Zanden; 7. Towards a new maturity, 1940–1990 Jaap Barendregt and Hans Visser; 8. Conclusion Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.