TY - BOOK AU - Quennouelle-Corre,Laure (ed) AU - Cassis, Youssef (ed) TI - Financial centres and international capital flows in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries SN - 9780199603503 U1 - 332.042 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Banks and banking, International KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Capital movements N1 - The book brings together leading authorities in the field to examine the direction of international capital flows historically in light of the nature of the banking system, market organization, the regulatory framework, and contextual political and diplomatic factors. Contributions discuss competition, collaboration, withdrawal, and re-emergence of financial centres in Europe, America, and Asia over the past two centuries. Written from a historical perspective but taking full account of recent studies in financial economics, the book, with contributions from leading international scholars, provides new research and approaches to a highly topical issue and sheds light on the recent financial crisis and its aftermath ER -