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Does Civil Law Tradition and Universal Banking Crowd out Securities Markets? Pre-World War I Germany as Counter-Example

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This article poses three main questions: Does the civil-law tradition favor large, concentrated, universal banking systems? Does this sort of legal system work against the development of active securities markets? Do powerful universal banks (whether or not legal tradition lies at the root of bank power) replace securities markets or prevent them from operating efficiently? Based on evidence from Pre-World War I Germany, this paper argues that the answer to all three questions is “no.”

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  • Fohlin, Caroline, 2007. "Does Civil Law Tradition and Universal Banking Crowd out Securities Markets? Pre-World War I Germany as Counter-Example," Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 602-641, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:entsoc:v:8:y:2007:i:03:p:602-641_00
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