This book presents a history of the global securities market. It is the product of over thirty years of research. It covers many aspects of the history of the securities markets from its beginnings in Medieval Venice through Amsterdam and London to its operations in Tokyo and New York today. It integrates the history of both stocks and bonds, established and emerging markets, stock exchanges and over-the-counter trading, and the crises and continuity that have made the global securities market such a force in the world over the centuries.
Keywords: Medieval Venice, Amsterdam, London, Tokyo, New York, stocks and bonds, stock exchange, over-the-counter trading
| Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199280612 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199280612.001.0001 |