Rebuilding the Financial System in Central and Eastern Europe, 1918–1994

Philip L. Cottrell, University of Leicester, UK Peter A Bod, Tamas Bacskai, Gyorgy Szapary, P L Cottrell, Z. Landau, Peter Eigner, Vlastislav Lacina, Franjo Stiblar, Daniel Daianu.

Contents: Editor’s preface; Introduction; Rebuilding the financial system in central and eastern Europe, Péter A Bod; Currency reform and the establishment of the National Bank of Hungary, Tamás Bácskai; The National Bank of Hungary: from cradle to adulthood whilst striving for independence, György Szapáry; Norman, Strakosch and the development of central banking: from conception to practice, 1919-1924, P L Cottrell; The relationship between the Bank of Poland and the Government during the interwar period, Z. Landau; Bank-industry networks: the Austrian experience, 1895-1940, Peter Eigner; The Financial System following the establishment of Czechoslovakia, 1918-1929, Vlastislav Lacina; The Financial Sector in Yugoslavia and Slovenia during the interwar period, Franjo Stiblar; The role of finance in Romania’s Quest for Modernization: insights from the interwar period, Daniel Daianu; Bibliography; Index.