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. Ed(S): Bernholz, Peter; Vaubel, Roland - Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation - 9783319383415 - V9783319383415
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Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation

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Description for Explaining Monetary and Financial Innovation Paperback. Editor(s): Bernholz, Peter; Vaubel, Roland. Series: Financial and Monetary Policy Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCS; KJD; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 575.
This book discusses theories of monetary and financial innovation and applies them to key monetary and financial innovations in history – starting with the use of silver bars in Mesopotamia and ending with the emergence of the Eurodollar market in London. The key monetary innovations are coinage (Asia minor, China, India), the payment of interest on loans, the bill of exchange and deposit banking (Venice, Antwerp, Amsterdam, London). The main financial innovation is the emergence of bond markets (also starting in Venice). Episodes of innovation are contrasted with relatively stagnant environments (the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Empire). ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Financial and Monetary Policy Studies
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319383415
SKU
V9783319383415
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Bernholz, Peter; Vaubel, Roland
Peter Bernholz is Assistant Professor at University of Frankfurt 1964 - 66 and was Ordinarius (Full Professor) at the Technische Universitaet Berlin from 1966 to 1971. 1971-1997 Ordinarius for Economics, especially for Economic Policy and for Monetary and International Economics, and Institute Director at University of Basel, Switzerland. Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History 1982 - 83. Several offers of ... Read more

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