Caroline Fohlin is a Research Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University. She previously taught at the California Institute of Technology. Professor Fohlin is the author of the forthcoming book Financial System Design and Industrial Development: International Patterns in Historical Perspective, which was awarded the 1999 Japan-U.S. Center UFJ Bank Monographs in International Financial Research prize and which will be published by Cambridge University Press. Professor Fohlin's published research has appeared in publications such as the Journal of Finance, European Review of Economic History, Business History, Economic History Review, Explorations in Economic History, and Business and Economic History.
1. Introduction
2. The development of the German corporate finance system until 1913
3. Theoretical perspectives on banking and financial system structure
4. The development and impact of universal banking
5. Corporate governance relationships: patterns and explanations
6. Firm financing and performance
7. Securities markets
8. Upheaval and recovery
9. Conclusion.
