Abstract

1. Introduction: historical setting and three views of banking 2. Financial development and economic growth in Antebellum America 3. Financing entrepreneurship: banks, merchants and manufacturers 4. The integration of short-term capital markets in Antebellum America 5. Banks, brokers, and capital mobility 6. Conclusion: how banks mattered.

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