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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      24 June 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511582523
      9780521460965
      9780521566247
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511582523
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 194 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.29kg, 194 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economics: General Interest, Management: General Interest, Management
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    The term insider lending conveys an aura of abuse and corruption, of unethical, if not illegal, behaviour. In early nineteenth-century New England, however, insider lending was an integral aspect of the banking system. Not only was the practice an accepted fact of economic life, but, as Naomi R. Lamoreaux argues, it enabled banks (at least in this particular historical context) to play an important role in financing economic development. As the banking system evolved over the course of the century, however, lending practices became more impersonal and professional. Ironically, the information problems banks faced when they began to conduct more and more of their business at arm's length forced them to concentrate on providing short-term loans to commercial borrowers and to give up financing economic development. This book was first published in 1994.

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    ‘This is an important book which explores the evolution of bank lending strategies during the industrialisation of New England.’

    Mary B. Rose Source: Business History

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