British and Italian banks and small firms : a study of the Midlands and Piedmont 1945-1973

The central contention of this thesis is that, in the post 1945 period, the British banking system limited the availability of finance to small firms. The concentrated and centralised nature of British banking induced financial repression as banks rationed credit to small firms, not purely in terms...

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Main Author: Carnevali, Francesca
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645486