European banks and the American challenge : competition and cooperation in international banking under Bretton Woods / edited by Stefano Battilossi, Youssef Cassis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battilossi, Stefano, 1961-

Cassis, Youssef.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking, European--History--20th century.

Banks and banking, European.

Banks and banking, International--History--20th century.

Banks and banking, International.

Banks and banking, American--History--20th century.

Banks and banking, American.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 228 p : illustrations. ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This volume concentrates on the international banking revolution of the 1960's and includes a new and important outlook on the groundwork for financial globalization, based on historical perspectives. The four major issues addressed in this book are the revival of London as a strong and competitive world financial center, emergence of Euro-banking as a new benchmark of growth for credit institutions, growing competition between American financial institutions and their global counterparts, and the Strategic response of European and Continental institutions.

Contents:

Introduction: international banking and the American challenge in historical perspective / Stefano Battilossi

Before the storm: European banks in the 1950s / Youssef Cassis

United States banks and Europe: strategy and attitudes / Richard Sylla

International financial centres, 1958-1971: competitiveness and complementarity / Catherine R. Schenk

Banking with multinationals: British clearing banks and the Euromarkets' challenge, 1958-1976 / Stefano Battilossi

Clubs and consortia: European banking groups as strategic alliances / Duncan M. Ross

European aspirations and market reality: Paribas, the Crédit Lyonnais, and their European strategies in the 1960s and 1970s / Eric Bussière

German banks and the American challenge / Ulrich Ramm

Central banks and the process of financial internationalization: a secular view / Harold James.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199250278

OCLC:

48475380