Investment finance in economic development / Rogerio Studart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Studart, Rogério, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Brazil.

Finance.

Finance, Public--Brazil.

Finance, Public.

Economic development--Finance.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a result of the liberalization of the 1980's, the financial system has acquired a prominent role in developing economies. It is now conventional wisdom that `financial liberalization' is the means to stimulate economic development. Investment Finance in Economic Development challenges this assumption and offers an alternative view. The book presents a post-Keynesian approach to the role of banks, financial markets and savings in economic development. It departs from the conventional belief that financial institutions are mere intermediaries between savers and investors,

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Finance and economic development: The dominance of the prior-saving argument; Departing from the prior-saving argument: Finance in a monetary production economy; Saving and financial markets in economic growth; Financial structures, financial development and economic development; From theory to evidence; Financial system and industrialisation in Brazil, 1947 66; The financial reforms and the 'economic miracle'

Towards the lost decade: The financial system in the imbalanced growth (1973 83)Conclusion; Notes; Statistical appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83919-7

0-429-22956-9

1-134-83920-0

1-280-07960-6

0-203-20223-6

9780429229565

OCLC:

475884481