Financial innovations and crises: the view backwards from Northern Rock / Jeremy Atack -- An economic explanation of the early Bank of Amsterdam, debasement, bills of exchange and the emergence of the first central bank / Stephen Quinn and William Roberds -- With a view to hold: the emergence of...

Chapter 1: Behind the Scenes of the Louisiana Purchase -- Chapter 2: Setting Up the Finance for the Louisiana Purchase -- Chapter 3: “The Present Order of Things” in January 1803 -- Chapter 4: Baring & Hope Anticipate Financing the Louisiana Purchase -- Chapter 5: All The Players Were...

This edited volume focuses specifically on the theme of financial innovation and how financial resiliency was achieved in Naples. To highlight both the achievements of the public banks of Naples and their lessons for financial resiliency, the book focuses on financial crises and how they were...