Insider Lending

Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England

Naomi R Lamoreaux author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Aug '96

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This book, first published in 1994, explores the important role that insider lending played in the economic development of early nineteenth-century New England.

The term insider lending conveys an aura of abuse and corruption, of unethical, if not illegal, behaviour. In early nineteenth-century New England, however, insider lending was an integral aspect of the banking system. Not only was the practice an accepted fact of economic life, but, as Naomi R. Lamoreaux argues, it enabled banks (at least in this particular historical context) to play an important role in financing economic development. As the banking system evolved over the course of the century, however, lending practices became more impersonal and professional. Ironically, the information problems banks faced when they began to conduct more and more of their business at arm's length forced them to concentrate on providing short-term loans to commercial borrowers and to give up financing economic development. This book was first published in 1994.

'This is an important book which explores the evolution of bank lending strategies during the industrialisation of New England.' Mary B. Rose, Business History

ISBN: 9780521566247

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 290g

194 pages