British Financial Crises since 1825

Nicholas Dimsdale, Emeritus Fellow in Economics at Queen's College, University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford,Anthony Hotson, Research Associate, Centre for Financial History, University of Cambridge, and member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Nicholas Dimsdale is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at Queen's College Oxford and an Associate Fellow of Nuffield College, having retired as Fellow and University Lecturer in Economics. His interests are in monetary economics, macroeconomic history and financial history. His papers have been published in leading journals and he has edited several books. For many years he was an Editor of Oxford Economic Papers and is a member of its Editorial Board. He has been an active member of the Winton Institute for Monetary History and has collaborated closely with Anthony Hotson, including the editing of this volume.

Anthony Hotson is a Research Associate at the Centre for Financial History, Cambridge, and a member of Wolfson College, Oxford. He worked at the Bank of England in the 1980s and subsequently as a market practitioner. More recently he has been a Research Fellow at the Winton Institute for Monetary History in Oxford and has collaborated closely with Nicholas Dimsdale, including the editing of this volume. Dr Hotson teaches financial history and is co-editor of a book to be published this year on the Thatcher Government and the 1981 Budget. He is a non-executive director of Cenkos Securities plc.

Foreword, David Harding
1. Introduction, Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson
2. British Financial Crises in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Forrest Capie
3. Financial Crises and Economic Activity in the UK since 1825, Nicholas Dimsdale and Anthony Hotson
4. Government Policy during the British Railway Mania and the 1847 Commercial Crisis, Gareth Campbell
5. The Crisis of 1866, Marc Flandreau and Stefano Ugolini
6. 'How We Saved the City': The Management of the Financial Crisis of 1914, Richard Roberts
7. The Financial Crisis of 1931 and the Impact of the Great Depression on the British Economy, Nicholas Dimsdale and Nicholas Horsewood
8. Holding Shareholders to Account: British Banking Stability and Contingent Capital, John Turner
9. Narrow Banking, Real Estate, and Financial Stability in the UK, c. 1870-2010, Avner Offer
10. Do Financial Crises Lead to Policy Change?, Youssef Cassis