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Trading forward: The Paris Bourse in the nineteenth century

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  • Paul Lagneau-Ymonet
  • Angelo Riva

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Contrary to what law and finance theory would predict, the Paris Bourse was highly liquid at the turn of the twentieth century: the traded volumes amounted to four times the French GDP. This magnitude was mainly due to forward trading. The Bourse had developed as a forward market, despite a ban on forward transactions. The guild-like body running the Bourse played a key role in legitimizing and legalizing these operations, previously equated with gambling. The 1885 legalizing act initiated a new field of law (‘securities law’) and paved the way for the heyday of the Paris Bourse.

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  • Paul Lagneau-Ymonet & Angelo Riva, 2018. "Trading forward: The Paris Bourse in the nineteenth century," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(2), pages 257-280, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:60:y:2018:i:2:p:257-280
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1316487
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