Inglorious revolution : political institutions, sovereign debt, and financial underdevelopment in imperial Brazil /

Nineteenth-century Brazil's constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to lay the institutional foundations that private financial markets needed to thrive. This study show...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Summerhill, William R. (William Roderick) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Colección:Yale series in economic and financial history.
Temas:
1800-1899
Debts, Public > Brazil > History > 19th century.
Dettes publiques > Brésil > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Debts, Public
Economic history
Economic policy
Brazil > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Brazil > Economic policy > 19th century.
Brazil > History > Empire, 1822-1889.
Brésil > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Brésil > Politique économique > 19e siècle.
Brésil > Histoire > 1822-1889.
Brazil
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sovereign borrowing and imperial dept policy
  • Tropical credibility on Lombard Street
  • Borrowing on Rua Direita
  • Turning points: default risk on two sides of the Atlantic
  • Controlling capital: institutional obstacles to incorporation
  • Concentration and cronyism: commercial banking in Rio de Janeiro
  • Fall from grace.

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