Financial structures and regulation: a comparison of crises in the UK, USA and Italy

A survey of past financial crises, starting with the great banking collapses of the interwar period. The current turmoil has prompted a number of questionsregarding both its origins and ways to avoid its repetition. The historical background and the evolving institutional framework of banking and financial systems are at the center of this book. ALESSANDRO ROSELLIis Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School, City University, London. He has written extensivelyon banking, finance and economic history. Among his books: 'La finanza Americana;' 'Il governatore Azzolini;' 'Italy and Albania: Financial Relations in the Fascist Period' and, with Carlo Gola, 'The UK Banking System and Its Regulatory and Supervisory Framework'. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: THE INTERWAR PERIOD - Financial Depth in Three Economies: The UK, the USA, Italy - The Great Depression and Britain - TheUnited States: Boom and Depression - Italy: Finance in a Fascist State - PARTII: FINANCIAL STABILITY AND EVOLUTION IN THE POSTWAR DECADES (A 'GOLDEN AGE'?) - Financial Deepening in the Three Economies - The United Kingdom: Not So Stable - The United States: Big Government and Big Bank - Italy's Recovery - PART III: THE RECENT PERIOD - The Broad Framework - Financial Structure of the Three Economies: Never So Deep - Growth and Collapse of the Shadow Banking System in the United States - A Severe Test for London as the World Financial Centre - Italy: Financially More Stable, but Structural Problems Persist - Conclusion -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28494-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés