skip to content
Hamilton unbound : finance and the creation of the American Republic Preview this item
ClosePreview this item
  • Preview this Item (Questia)

Hamilton unbound : finance and the creation of the American Republic

Author: Robert E Wright
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Series: Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 228.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
Hamilton unbound.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002
(OCoLC)654126074
Named Person: Alexander Hamilton
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert E Wright
ISBN: 0313323976 9780313323973 0275978168 9780275978167
OCLC Number: 49226430
Description: xii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Interest Rates and the Coming of the American Revolution --
A Brief Review of British Mercantile Policies and Their Impact on Colonial Money Supplies --
Interest Rates in Colonial America --
Balance-Sheet Deterioration --
"Debtor" Angst --
The Causes of the American Revolution: A Cost-Benefit Approach --
Early U.S. Constitutions as Solutions to the Principal-Agent Problem --
The Theory of Information Asymmetry --
Information Asymmetry in the Colonial Era --
The Simultaneous Emergence of Political and Corporate Governance --
Constitutional Methods for Limiting Agency Problems in Government --
Constitutional Failures: Pennsylvania's First Constitution and the Articles of Confederation --
Constitutional Successes: New York's First Constitution and the U.S. Constitution --
Financial Development, Economic Growth, and Political Stability --
Precursors and Precedents --
The U.S. Financial Revolution, 1787-1800 --
Evidence of Financial-Sector Efficiency and Sophistication, 1790-1850 --
Evidence of Relative Size and Importance --
Banks and the "Revolution" of 1800 --
A Short History of Banking in Eighteenth-Century America --
Artisanal Demand for Bank Discounts --
The Manhattan Company and Bank --
Burr, the Bank, and the Crucial Assembly Election --
Further Evidence of the Commercial Republican Revolution --
Credit Analysis and the Prevalence of Dueling --
How Institutional Lenders Reduced Information Asymmetry --
A Bloodier, More Personal "Solution" --
Nineteenth-Century Residues of "Character"-Based Lending.
Series Title: Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 228.
Responsibility: Robert E. Wright.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.