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Building Bankomat : The Development of On-Line, Real-Time Systems in British and Swedish Savings Banks, c.1965-1985
Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo - 2012
The massification of retail finance in the 1980s relied on the successful deployment of automated teller machines (ATM) and on-line real-time (OLRT) computing during the 1960s and 1970s. We document how the deployment of ATM networks interweaved with the adoption of OLRT computing in Sweden and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115368
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Hundred Years of British Firm - Bank Relationships : Why the Transition to Multiple Banking?
Braggion, Fabio - 2015
We study how relationships between firms and banks evolved since the end of the Nineteenth century until the end of the Twentieth century in Britain. We document and explain a remarkable shift from bilateral to multilateral relationship banking during this period, in particular during the last...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038130
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The macroeconomic effects of banking crises : evidence from the United Kingdom, 1750-1938
Kenny, Sean; Lennard, Jason; Turner, John D. - 2017
This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of UK banking crises over the period 1750 to 1938. We construct a new annual banking crisis series using bank failure rate data, which suggests that the incidence of banking crises was every 32 years. Using our new series and a narrative approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011740354
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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study
Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009
In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689937
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The failure of Northern Rock : a multi-dimensional case study
Bruni, Franco (ed.); Llewellyn, David T. (ed.) - 2009
In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705347
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The banking systems of Germany, the UK and Spain form a spatial perspective : the UK case
Flögel, Franz; Gärtner, Stefan - 2018
As expected, this comparison of the German and the UK banking systems shows substantial differences between the countries. In the UK, savings banks disappeared long ago and other regional banks have never become important in lending to business. Instead, the five large commercial banks dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870464
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The banking systems of Germany, the UK and Spain form a spatial perspective : lessons learned and what is to be done?
Flögel, Franz; Gärtner, Stefan - 2018
This paper re-visits the state of decentralised banking in Germany, Spain and the UK. The cross-country comparison we … conducted has identified Germany as having the most decentralised banking system, followed by Spain and the UK, as expected. The … degree of centralisation. Whereas no such bank exists in the UK any longer and real savings banks in Spain have almost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800413
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The Banking Systems of Germany, the UK and Spain from a Spatial Perspective : The UK Case
Flögel, Franz - 2018
As expected, this comparison of the German and the UK banking systems shows substantial differences between the countries. In the UK, savings banks disappeared long ago and other regional banks have never become important in lending to business. Instead, the five large commercial banks dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915380
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Sovereign Debt Guarantees and Default : Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920-1938
Foley-Fisher, Nathan - 2020
We study the daily yields on Irish land bonds listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange during the years 1920–1938. We exploit Irish events during the period and structural differences in land bonds to tease out a measure of investors׳ credibility in a UK sovereign guarantee. Using Ireland׳s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841005
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Before the cult of equity : new monthly indices of the British share market, 1829-1929
Campbell, Gareth; Grossman, Richard S.; Turner, John D. - 2019
This paper presents new monthly capital gains, dividend yield, and total return indices for common equities quoted on British stock exchanges from 1829 to 1929. As well as creating an all-share index, we create a blue-chip index of the 30 largest companies, which we splice to the Financial Times...
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