Publisher's Synopsis
The essays in this volume cover the period from 1860 to the present, charting the contribution of foreign, and in particular west European, capital to the modernization of Balkan banking systems. The contributions focus on national experiences, the specific ways in which each national banking system received foreign capital, as well as offering a wider synthesis that highlights the dynamics of west European capital in forming Balkan realities. The volume aims to give national accounts of the penetration of west European capital in Balkan states as well as an understanding of the west European conception of the importance of the Balkans in the wider context of European economies.
