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British financial crises since 1825, edited by Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index

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British financial crises since 1825

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edited by Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson

This book provides a history of British financial crises since the Napoleonic wars. Interest in crises lapsed during the generally benign financial conditions which followed the Second Word War, but the study of banking markets and financial crises has returned to centre stage following the credit crunch of 2007-8 and the subsequent Eurozone crisis. The first two chapters provide an overview of British financial crises from the bank failures of 1825 to the credit crunch of 2007-8. The causes and consequences of individual crises are explained and recurrent features are identified. Subsequent chapters provide more detailed accounts of the railway boom-and-bust and the subsequent financial crisis of 1847, the crisis following the collapse of Overend Gurney in 1866, the dislocation of London's money market at the outset of the Great War in 1914 and the crisis in 1931 when sterling left the gold standard. Other chapters consider the role of regulation, banks' capital structures, and the separation of different types of banking activity. The book examines the role of the Bank of England as lender of last resort and the successes and failures of crisis management. The scope for reducing the risk of future systemic crises is assessed. The book will be of interest to students, market practitioners, policymakers and general readers interested in the debate over banking reform.--, Provided by Publisher

David Harding: Foreword 1: Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson: Introduction 2: Forrest Capie: British Financial Crises in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 3: Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson: Financial Crises and Economic Activity in the UK since 1825 4: Gareth Campbell: Government Policy during the British Railway Mania and the 1847 Commercial Crisis 5: Marc Flandreau and Stefano Ugolini: The Crisis of 1866 6: Richard Roberts: 'How We Saved the City': The Management of the Financial Crisis of 1914 7: Nicholas Dimsdale and Nicholas Horsewood: The Financial Crisis of 1931 and the Impact of the Great Depression on the British Economy 8: John Turner: Holding Shareholders to Account: British Banking Stability and Contingent Capital 9: Avner Offer: Narrow Banking, Real Estate, and Financial Stability in the UK, c. 1870-2010 10: Youssef Cassis: Do Financial Crises Lead to Policy Change?