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...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: The Nature of Central Banking
• Chapter 1) Some General Remarks on “Central Banking”
• Chapter 2) Defining “Central Banks”: Four Criteria
• Section 2: Before the Deluge: The Very Different Origins of Scandinavia’s Central Banks, The Great War, and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 3) Sveriges Riksbank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 4) Danmarks Nationalbank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 5) Norges Bank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 6) The Scandinavian Currency Union (1873-1914)
• Chapter 7) How The Great War Formed Scandinavian Central Banking
• Section 3: The Inter-war and Post-war Period
• Chapter 8) Sveriges Riksbank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 9) Danmarks Nationalbank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 10) Norges Bank and the Four Criteria
• Chapter 11) Summary and Conclusions.