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Universal Banking Failure? An Analysis of the Contrasting Responses of the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bankvereeniging to the Dutch Financial Crisis of the 1920s

Colvin, Christopher Louis - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

two similar-sized banks operating in the Netherlands in the 1920s: the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche … Bankvereeniging. Whilst the first escaped the crisis relatively unscathed, the second required assistance from the Nederlandsche Bank …, the Dutch central bank. A new and detailed narrative of one episode of the crisis using as yet unused primary sources is …

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Central Bank Tools and Liquidity Shortages

Cecchetti, Stephen G.; Disyatat, Piti - London School of Economics and Political Science

, centralbanks have made extensive use of both new and existing toolsfor supplying central bank money to financial institutions …

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Development patterns and institutional structures : China and India

Gupta, S. P. (ed.); Gupta, Shyama Prasad (contributor); … - 1995 - 1. publ.

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Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand?Media Capture and Government Accountability

Besley, Timothy; Prat, Andrea - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

It has long been recognized that the media play an essential role in governmentaccountability. However, even in the absence of censorship, the government mayinfluence news content by maintaining a "cozy" relationship with the media. Thispaper develops a model of democratic politics in which...

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Pirates, Polities and Companies: Global Politics on the Konkan Littoral, c.1690-1756

Elliott, Derek L. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

This paper examines pre-colonial interaction among polities along the Konkan coast, from Surat to Goa, during the long half-century c.1680-1756. Specifically it uses the dynasty of the Angrias, who were deemed pirates by the European powers but were actually an integral part of the Maratha...

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The myth of meritocracy: an inquiry into the social origins of Britain’s business leaders since 1850

Wright, Nicholas T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

Recent sociological analysis of the extent to which modern British society hasbecome more meritocratic raises important conceptual issues for the recurrenteconomic history debate concerning the social mobility of Britain’s business leaders.The majority view in this debate is that high social...

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Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives

Bandiera, Oriana; Guiso, Luigi; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2012

We provide evidence on the match between rms, managers, and incentives using anew survey that contains information on managers' risk preferences and human capital,on their compensation schemes, and on the rms they work for. The data is consistentwith the equilibrium correlations predicted by...

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Leipzig’s Municipal Job Agency

Plöger, Jörg - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

Among other areas such as housing and urban renewal, economic development was seen as a key factor in the recovery in Leipzig. The City Department of Economic Development and the Economic Initiative Mitteldeutschland, a lobby group representing large regional employers, designed a cluster...

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Matching Problems with Expertise in Firms and Markets

Fuchs, William; Garicano, Luis - University of California <Berkeley, Calif.>; London … - 2009

When should expertise be shared in markets and when in firms? Knowl-edge exchanges in the market involve less information about the quality ofthe provider's expertise, but facilitate good utilization of experts knowledge.In a rm, management holds soft information about individuals...

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Specialization, Firms, and Markets: The Division of Labor Within and Between Law Firms

Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas N. - London School of Economics and Political Science; J. L. …

This paper uses confidential microdata from the Census of Services to examine lawfirms' field boundaries. We find that the share of lawyers working in field-specializedfirms increases as market size increases and lawyers field-specialize, indicating thattransaction costs among lawyers, and not...

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