European Banks and the
American Challenge - Competition and Cooperation in International Banking Under Bretton
Woods
Stefano Battilossi,
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid; London School of Economics
Youssef Cassis, University of
Grenoble II; London School of Economics
Description
This book focuses on the
international banking revolution of the 1960s and provides a fresh historical perspective
on the foundations of the subsequent financial globalization. The contributors address
four main issues: the revival of London as a world financial centre; the emergence of
Euro-banking as a new frontier of growth for credit institutions; the competitive
challenge brought home by American banks to their European counterparts; and the strategic
response by British and Continental banks.
Readership: Economic, business, and banking historians; historians and political
scientists with an interest in international economic relations; professional
researchers/analysts in banking and financial economists
Contents/contributors
- 1
Stefano Battilossi: Introduction. International Banking and the American Challenge in
Historical Perspective
- 2
Youssef Cassis: Before the Storm: European Banks in the 1950s
- 3
Richard Sylla: United States Banks and Europe: Strategy and Attitudes
- 4
Catherine R. Schenk: International Finanical Centres 1958-1971: Competitiveness and
Complementarity
- 5
Stefano Battilossi: Banking with Multinationals: British Clearing Banks and the
Euromarkets' Challenge, 1958-1976
- 6
Duncan M. Ross: Clubs and Consortia: European Banking Groups as Strategic Alliances
- 7
Eric Bussiere: European Aspirations and Market Reality: Paribas, the Crédit Lyonnais, and
their European Strategies in the 1960s and 1970s
- 8
Ulrich Ramm: German Banks and the American Challenge
- 9
Harold James: Central Banks and the Process of Financial Internationalization: A Secular
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300 pages
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