 | The Role of Banks in Monitoring Firms: The Case of the Credit Mobilier Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Humanities; Economics; Finance; History; History of Economic Thought; Banking; Economic History; This book addresses issues in the current literature on corporate finance using historical evidence. In particular it looks at the role of universal banks in relaxing the credit constraints of firms, supervising managers and stabilizing share prices. The key issues is whether the Anglo-American asset based financing is more efective than the main-b |
