Amsterdam and London as financial centers in the eighteenth century

Financial History Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-46

  Carlos, Ann M ^a,b   Neal, Larry ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank of Amsterdam; Bank of England; banking; capital markets; financial innovations; monetary regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052511908     PISSN: 09685650     EISSN: 14740052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565010000338     Document Type: Article

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