Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920This book studies the development of banks and stock and bond exchanges in São Paulo, Brazil, during an era of rapid economic diversification. It assesses the contribution of these financial institutions to that diversification, and argues that they played an important role in São Paulo's urbanization and industrialization by the start of the twentieth century. It finds that government regulatory policy was important in limiting and shaping the activities of these institutions, but that pro-development policies did not always have their intended effects. This is the first book on São Paulo's famous industrialization to identify the strong relationship between financial institutions and São Paulo's economic modernization at the turn of the century. It is unique in Brazilian economic history, but contributes to a body of literature on financial systems and economic change in other parts of the world. |
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Page 31
... wrote them down and sub- jected all parties to standardized protection under the law . The Commercial Code defined bankers as merchants whose primary op- erations were banking operations , and it said that banking operations would ...
... wrote them down and sub- jected all parties to standardized protection under the law . The Commercial Code defined bankers as merchants whose primary op- erations were banking operations , and it said that banking operations would ...
Page 36
The central operations of the commercial banks , discounting and lines of credit , provided liquidity to the economy by turning items of real value , but of little use in transactions , into cash . Discounting operations typically in- ...
The central operations of the commercial banks , discounting and lines of credit , provided liquidity to the economy by turning items of real value , but of little use in transactions , into cash . Discounting operations typically in- ...
Page 74
... a premium of between 32 and 100 mil - réis , 16-50 percent above par , during the years 1875-86.60 Banks , like railroads , went to the equity market initially to raise capital to start operations , and again to expand operations .
... a premium of between 32 and 100 mil - réis , 16-50 percent above par , during the years 1875-86.60 Banks , like railroads , went to the equity market initially to raise capital to start operations , and again to expand operations .
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Contents
Native Capital under the Empire | 24 |
Brokers and Business Finance under the Empire | 56 |
The Republican Revolution and the Rise of the Bolsa | 84 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920 Social Science History |
| Author | Anne Hanley |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press, 2005 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 22 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804750726, 9780804750721 |
| Length | 312 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General History / Latin America / South America |
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