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List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Financialinnovations and crises: the view backwards from Northern Rock Jeremy Atack;2. An economic explanation of the early Bank of Amsterdam, debasement, billsof exchange and the emergence of the first Central Bank Stephen Quinn andWilliam Roberds; 3. With a view to hold: the emergence of institutionalinvestors on the Amsterdam securities market during the 17th and 18thcenturies Oscar Gelderblom and Joost Jonker; 4. Was John Law's system abubble? The Mississippi Bubble revisited Francois R. Velde; 5. Sir GeorgeCaswall vs. the Duke of Portland: financial contracts and litigation in thewake of the South Sea Bubble Gary S. Shea; 6. The Bell Jar: commercialinterest rates between two revolutions, 1688-1789 Marc Flandreau, ChristopheGalimard, Clemens Jobst and Pilar Nogues Marco; 7. Comparing the UK and USfinancial systems, 1790-1830 Richard Sylla; 8. Natural experiments infinancial reform in the nineteenth century, the Davis and Gallman analysisLarry Neal; 9. Regulatory changes and the development of the US bankingmarket, 1870-1914: a study of profit rates and risk in national banks RichardJ. Sullivan; 10. Anticipating the stock market crash of 1929: the view fromthe floor of the stock exchange Eugene N. White; 11. The development of'non-traditional' open market operations: lessons from FDR's Silver PurchaseProgram Richard C. K. Burdekin and Marc D. Weidenmier; 12. The interwarshocks to US-Cuban trade relations: a view through sugar company stock pricedata Alan Dye and Richard Sicotte; 13. Central Bank reaction functions duringthe inter-war Gold Standard: a view from the periphery Kirsten Wandschneider;14. Monetary policy and equity price booms: historical cross-country evidenceMichael Bordo and David Wheelock; 15. Lessons from history for thetwenty-first century Larry Neal; Index.