'The Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank, 1878, and other nineteenth century failures'

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• Professor Duncan Ross
• Monday 01 March 2010, 17:00-19:00
• Barbara White Room, Newnham College.

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The City of Glasgow Bank collapse in October 1878 was a significant economic and financial shock to the economy. The majority of shareholders were bankrupted and the collapse had a significant impact on the arguments for the adoption of limited liability in banking. This paper sees the collapse in the context of a series of banking crises through the nineteenth century, and focuses on the learning processes exhibited. It suggests that, by the end of the century, a number of important lessons about the relationship between banks and industry had been learned. The City of Glasgow brought many of these lessons into sharp relief, and the crisis of 2008 revealed the need to learn many of these lessons once more.

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This talk is part of the Financial History Seminar series.

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