Alexis Drach
Biographic Data
| ID | 5094851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis Drach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis |
| FAMILY NAME | Drach |
| SIGNATURE | DRACH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre Val de Loire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2359-5468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Private Tools for Political Goals
By the early 1990s, the private European Currency Unit (ECU) became the third largest currency in the bond market, after the dollar and the yen. This article explores the rise of the ECU private market in the 1980s. It argues that the ECU’s political links with the European Economic Community (EEC) were central to its successful development, but also that business actors, by devising a marketable ECU, played a role in advancing the project of Eco…
Les fabricants de la coopération économique et monétaire européenne
L’Union économique et monétaire constitue l’un des plus grands chantiers de l’histoire de l’intégration européenne. Pourtant son histoire est encore mal connue, centrée sur les aspects monétaires plus qu’économiques, sur quelques acteurs très célèbres, sur les banques centrales ou, en économie, sur les grands mécanismes macro-économiques. Cet article propose d’aborder la question par l’étude de la Commission européenne et, plus particulièrement, …
An early form of European champions? Banking clubs between European integration and global banking (1960s–1990s)
Between the late 1950s and the mid-1970s, most large European commercial banks created European banking clubs, which were hybrid cooperative organisations meant to respond to American competition and to the progress of European integration. Based on the archives of several commercial banks from France and the UK, this article examines how the three main European clubs (EBIC, Europartners, and ABECOR) emerged and developed in the 1960s and 1970s, …
The policymakers of European economic and monetary cooperation
Published online: 14 November 2024
Sylviane de Saint Seine, La Banque d’Angleterre. Une marche erratique vers l’indépendance, 1977-2007
Aux spécialistes des banques centrales, l’ouvrage de Sylviane de Saint Seine offre une perspective stimulante : celle d’une spécialiste du monde anglophone, aux méthodes et aux approches quelque peu différentes de celles des historiens et plus encore des économistes. L’ouvrage La Banque d’Angleterre. Une marche erratique vers l’indépendance ne repose pas sur une vaste enquête archivistique, et n’offre pas un récit « de l’intérieur » de la banque …
From gentlemanly capitalism to lobbying capitalism
The City of London has long attracted much academic and popular attention. However, little research has been done on the relationship between the City and the European Economic Community in the 1970s and 1980s, despite the accession of the United Kingdom in 1973. Based on archival material from central and commercial banks in the UK and France, this article explores the relationship between the City and the EEC, from the accession of the UK to th…
Reluctant Europeans? British and French Commercial Banks and the Common Market in Banking (1977–1992)
More than ten years after the financial crisis, the challenges of European banking and of the eurozone highlight that the existence of a European common market in banking is at best partial. Examining how British and French commercial banks and banking associations responded to the plans for a European common market in banking between 1977 and 1992, this article contributes to explaining this partial character, and highlights that this project wa…
A globalization laboratory
The 1970s are often portrayed as the beginning of a new era of finance capitalism. The growth and internationalization of banks’ balance sheets, together with the return of banking crises, were important changes during the decade, and for the global evolution of capitalism. How did banking regulation and supervision react to this evolving environment? The literature places considerable emphasis on the role of the United States and, to a lesser ex…
La prudence en bonne et due forme
Cet article propose d’étudier une activité pour laquelle la prudence est une caractéristique essentielle : celle de superviseur bancaire. Il se focalise sur les années 1970 et 1980, durant lesquelles cette activité gagne en importance et s’internationalise, et sur le Comité de Bâle sur le Contrôle Bancaire, qui est son principal forum international de discussion. L’article montre trois évolutions majeures de la prudence bancaire durant la période…
Reluctant Europeans? British and French Commercial Banks and the Common Market in Banking (1977–1992)
More than ten years after the financial crisis, the challenges of European banking and of the eurozone highlight that the existence of a European common market in banking is at best partial. Examining how British and French commercial banks and banking associations responded to the plans for a European common market in banking between 1977 and 1992, this article contributes to explaining this partial character, and highlights that this project wa…
An early form of European champions? Banking clubs between European integration and global banking (1960s–1990s)
Between the late 1950s and the mid-1970s, most large European commercial banks created European banking clubs, which were hybrid cooperative organisations meant to respond to American competition and to the progress of European integration. Based on the archives of several commercial banks from France and the UK, this article examines how the three main European clubs (EBIC, Europartners, and ABECOR) emerged and developed in the 1960s and 1970s, …
A globalization laboratory
The 1970s are often portrayed as the beginning of a new era of finance capitalism. The growth and internationalization of banks’ balance sheets, together with the return of banking crises, were important changes during the decade, and for the global evolution of capitalism. How did banking regulation and supervision react to this evolving environment? The literature places considerable emphasis on the role of the United States and, to a lesser ex…
La prudence en bonne et due forme
Cet article propose d’étudier une activité pour laquelle la prudence est une caractéristique essentielle : celle de superviseur bancaire. Il se focalise sur les années 1970 et 1980, durant lesquelles cette activité gagne en importance et s’internationalise, et sur le Comité de Bâle sur le Contrôle Bancaire, qui est son principal forum international de discussion. L’article montre trois évolutions majeures de la prudence bancaire durant la période…
La prudence en bonne et due forme
Cet article propose d’étudier une activité pour laquelle la prudence est une caractéristique essentielle : celle de superviseur bancaire. Il se focalise sur les années 1970 et 1980, durant lesquelles cette activité gagne en importance et s’internationalise, et sur le Comité de Bâle sur le Contrôle Bancaire, qui est son principal forum international de discussion. L’article montre trois évolutions majeures de la prudence bancaire durant la période…
A globalization laboratory
The 1970s are often portrayed as the beginning of a new era of finance capitalism. The growth and internationalization of banks’ balance sheets, together with the return of banking crises, were important changes during the decade, and for the global evolution of capitalism. How did banking regulation and supervision react to this evolving environment? The literature places considerable emphasis on the role of the United States and, to a lesser ex…
From gentlemanly capitalism to lobbying capitalism
The City of London has long attracted much academic and popular attention. However, little research has been done on the relationship between the City and the European Economic Community in the 1970s and 1980s, despite the accession of the United Kingdom in 1973. Based on archival material from central and commercial banks in the UK and France, this article explores the relationship between the City and the EEC, from the accession of the UK to th…
Reluctant Europeans? British and French Commercial Banks and the Common Market in Banking (1977–1992)
More than ten years after the financial crisis, the challenges of European banking and of the eurozone highlight that the existence of a European common market in banking is at best partial. Examining how British and French commercial banks and banking associations responded to the plans for a European common market in banking between 1977 and 1992, this article contributes to explaining this partial character, and highlights that this project wa…
Sylviane de Saint Seine, La Banque d’Angleterre. Une marche erratique vers l’indépendance, 1977-2007
Aux spécialistes des banques centrales, l’ouvrage de Sylviane de Saint Seine offre une perspective stimulante : celle d’une spécialiste du monde anglophone, aux méthodes et aux approches quelque peu différentes de celles des historiens et plus encore des économistes. L’ouvrage La Banque d’Angleterre. Une marche erratique vers l’indépendance ne repose pas sur une vaste enquête archivistique, et n’offre pas un récit « de l’intérieur » de la banque …
Les fabricants de la coopération économique et monétaire européenne
L’Union économique et monétaire constitue l’un des plus grands chantiers de l’histoire de l’intégration européenne. Pourtant son histoire est encore mal connue, centrée sur les aspects monétaires plus qu’économiques, sur quelques acteurs très célèbres, sur les banques centrales ou, en économie, sur les grands mécanismes macro-économiques. Cet article propose d’aborder la question par l’étude de la Commission européenne et, plus particulièrement, …
An early form of European champions? Banking clubs between European integration and global banking (1960s–1990s)
Between the late 1950s and the mid-1970s, most large European commercial banks created European banking clubs, which were hybrid cooperative organisations meant to respond to American competition and to the progress of European integration. Based on the archives of several commercial banks from France and the UK, this article examines how the three main European clubs (EBIC, Europartners, and ABECOR) emerged and developed in the 1960s and 1970s, …
The policymakers of European economic and monetary cooperation
Published online: 14 November 2024
Private Tools for Political Goals
By the early 1990s, the private European Currency Unit (ECU) became the third largest currency in the bond market, after the dollar and the yen. This article explores the rise of the ECU private market in the 1980s. It argues that the ECU’s political links with the European Economic Community (EEC) were central to its successful development, but also that business actors, by devising a marketable ECU, played a role in advancing the project of Eco…
Global Financial Regulation and Crises (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · European union (4 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (3 works) · Financial system (3 works) · Global Financial Crisis and Policies (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · International trade (3 works)