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Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England

Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England

Hardcover

Series: NBER Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development

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ISBN10: 0521460964
ISBN13: 9780521460965
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 24 1994
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
Today the term insider lending conveys an aura of abuse and corruption, of unethical, if not illegal, behavior. 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.

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