The Origins and Nature of Scandinavian Central Banking

• Main Author: Andersen, Steffen Elkiær (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
• Subjects: Finance.; Finance, Public.; Banks and banking.; Capital market.; Finance > History.; Public finance.; Banking.; Financial History.; Capital Markets.; Public Finance.; Public Economics.

This book explores the formation and evolution of Scandinavian central banks. It begins by defining the nature of “central banking” in general, before moving on to investigate how and when it became meaningful to regard today’s Scandinavian central banks as such. It also explores how Scandinavian ce...