A Financial History of the Netherlands - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521581613 ISBN 13: 9780521581615

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"The detail of this volume offers much insight to the specialist reader on a banking structure rather different from most European and American systems." J. Murdock, Choice

Book Description:

An overview of Dutch financial history from the sixteenth century onwards, this book is based on fresh research in the field. It addresses the major themes which dominated institutions, structure, and movements of the finances of one of the world's most important trading nations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521581613
• ISBN 13: 9780521581615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: 't Hart Marjolein, Jonker Joost, Zanden Jan Luiten Van