- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 2nd Revised edition edition (11 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199544182
- ISBN-13: 978-0199544189
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Anyone hoping to understand investment banking must read Morrison and Wilhelm's book. Drawing up centuries of rich history, they advance a theory of investment banking that is relevant today for business people, regulators and scholars. "--Peter Tufano, Slyvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial
Management, Harvard Business School
"This book fills an important gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive coverage of the investment banking industry. It is an outstanding contribution by two experts in the field."--Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics, The Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania
"A fascinating look at the investment banking industry from an historical and legal perspecive. It provides the reader with countless insights into the workings of one of the most powerful forces inthe global economy today."--James Harris, Founder, Seneca Financial Group
"Morrison & Wilhelm offer the most compelling explanation yet of the investment banking industry, from its unlikely emergence from the commodities market in the seventeenth century to the investment banks' recent shift from the partnership to he corporate form. Drawing on the insights of
institutional economics, they show how investment banks function as information intermediaries in a wide range of market transactions. Vivid and meticulously researched, the book takes us inside the mysterious world of investment banking and shows what makes it tick. It is an intellectual
masterpiece, destined to become a classic."--David Skeel, S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania
"This is agood, interesting, and useful book. ...The book's wide appeal derives from how it goes about studying its subject, as well as from the interest of the subject itself. ...The authors 'develop an economic rationale for investment bankers'. In other words, they develop an economic
explanation of why they exist - they discover what it is that they contribute to the functioning of a market economy. ...Every chapter is worth reading...The authors have combined economic analysis, economic history, and knowledge of law in a short and readable book. They are to be congratulated. I
await their next publication with eager anticipation."--Geoffrey Wood, for Economic Affairs
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Investment Banking: Institutions, Politics, and Law provides an economic rationale for the dominant role of investment banks in the capital markets, and uses it to explain both the historical evolution of the investment banking industry and also recent changes to its organization. Although investment decisions rely upon price-relevant information, it is impossible to establish property rights over it and hence is very hard to coordinate its exchange. The authors argue that investment banks help to resolve this problem by managing "information marketplaces," within which extra-legal institutions support the production and dissemination of information that is important to investors. Reputations and relationships are more important in fulfilling this role than financial capital. The authors substantiate their theory with reference to the industry's evolution during the last three centuries. They show how investment banking networks were formed, and identify the informal contracts that they supported. This historical development points to tensions between the relational contracting of investment banks and the regulatory impulses of the State, thus providing some explanation for the periodic large-scale State intervention in the operation of capital markets. Their theory also provides a technological explanation for the massive restructuring of the capital markets in recent decades, which the authors argue can be used to think about the likely future direction of the investment banking industry.
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Format:Paperback
I am a scholar in financial regulation with a background in corp. finance, politics and int'l economics. I have been struck by the very narrow focus of the book despite what the title suggests: Ibanking - institutions, politics and law. It appears that some chapters are literally just re-written versions of published material (however, the authors reference appropriately), especially the chapter 'Leviathan and the Investment Banks'. Above all, the authors gloss over a lot of material without analytical finesse, and they largely ignore polisci aspects as well as economics aspect in their analysis. Overall, the book is only an interesting read for law focused, American based readers. I could actually list several arguments the authors make which are factually either incorrect or highly contestable.
Format:Hardcover
This history recounts the development of investment banking from its 17th-century origins to the present. Along the way, it offers readers an introduction to institutional theory and hazards a guess at the future evolution of what is essentially an information business. It is not a how-to, nor is it a survey of the present competitive landscape, but getAbstract believes that readers interested in a concise presentation of the historical, economic and institutional forces that shaped the investment banking industry will find this book fits the bill. The authors have organized their presentation remarkably well, a noteworthy achievement given the breadth of philosophical, legal, financial and commercial information on which they draw.
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Concise yet comprehensive investment banking history
19 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover
This history recounts the development of investment banking from its 17th-century origins to the present. Along the way, it offers readers an introduction to institutional theory and hazards a guess at the future evolution of what is essentially an information business. It is not a how-to, nor is it a survey of the present competitive landscape, but getAbstract believes that readers interested in a concise presentation of the historical, economic and institutional forces that shaped the investment banking industry will find this book fits the bill. The authors have organized their presentation remarkably well, a noteworthy achievement given the breadth of philosophical, legal, financial and commercial information on which they draw.
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