TY - BOOK ID - 9849889 TI - The origins of national financial systems : Alexander Gerschenkron reconsidered AU - Forsyth, Douglas J. AU - Verdier, Daniel PY - 2003 SN - 1134417314 1280180641 0203222113 0203297393 0415301688 9780203222119 9780415301688 9786610180646 6610180644 9781134417315 9781280180644 9781134417261 9781134417308 1134417306 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and banking KW - Investment banking KW - Universal banks KW - Banking KW - Finance KW - Business & Economics KW - History KW - History. KW - Gerschenkron, Alexander. KW - Banks and banking, Investment KW - Investment banks KW - Gerschenkron, Shura KW - Financial institutions KW - Securities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9849889 AB - Since the nineteenth century, there has been an accepted distinction between financial systems that separate commercial and investment banking and those that do not. This comprehensive collection aims to establish how and why financial systems develop, and how knowledge of financial differentiation in the nineteenth century may afford insight into the development of contemporary banking structure. This book poses a systematic challenge to Alexander Gerschenkron's 1950s thesis on universal banks. With contributions from leading scholars such as Ranald Michie and Jaime Reis, this well written book provides solid and intriguing arguments throughout. ER -