Brock, Philip L. - In: Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy) 12 (2009) 1, pp. 69-93
This essay examines the first 50 years of the National Mortgage Bank of Chile (Caja de Crédito Hipotecario) following its creation in 1855. During the second half of the nineteenth century the Mortgage Bank’s credit operations spurred the rapid expansion of irrigation in Chile’s Central...