Financial Intermediation in a Less Developed Economy: The History of the United Bank of India

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Financial Intermediation in a Less Developed Economy: The History of the United Bank of India is an institutional narrative of a bank in a developing economy, a representative case study that brings out the essential two-way relationship between finance and economic development. The book highlights that to understand financial intermediation, western theoretical models need to be complemented with institutional narratives of banking in developing economies, given the latter’s specific foci. Thus, the authors choose a bank with significant history in a less developed economy and analyze over 50 years of the bank’s balance sheet data. They trace the bank’s growth in terms of the transaction costs in managing risk, return and liquidity. The discourse also includes important case studies of borrowers after nationalization, a thorough analysis of financial intermediary organization and financial structure, reviews of certain banking policies and suggestion of a methodology to understand the financial history of less developed economies. This book will be of immense interest to policy makers, researchers and students working in the fields of economics of banking, financial history and development economics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Indrajit Mallick

Indrajit Mallick is a Fellow in Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.  He completed his MA in Economics from Boston University with specialization in Money, Banking and Finance, and Development Economics.  He holds a PhD in Economics from Jadavpur University on banking theory and policy.  His areas of interest include financial history of less developed countries, economic analysis of law and macroeconomics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sugata Marjit

Sugata Marjit is a Reserve Bank of India Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Kolkata. He has published research papers in a number of reputed journals like the International Economic Review, Keio Economic Studies, Journal of Macroeconomics and Canadian Journal of Economics.

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Title
Financial Intermediation in a Less Developed Economy: The History of the United Bank of India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9788178298221
Length
xlv: 274p., Tables; Figures; 23cm.
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