A State of Supervision
The Political Economy of Banking Regulation in Germany, 1900s–1930s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9623375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Yee (0000-0002-8441-7924, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-125 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000768052300003x |
| OpenAlex | W4376459400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines debates over banking regulation in Germany that culminated in the 1934 Reich Banking Law. Existing accounts have traced its origins to the 1931 banking crisis or the 1933 Nazi seizure of power. Yet, rather than the outcome of a single financial or political crisis, banking regulation was the product of longer-term discussions on national security, legal rationale, and financial globalization. Prior to World War I, officials expressed concerns over Germany's dependence on foreign capital, while later efforts to improve liquidity in the banking sector continued in the 1920s. The construction of a regulatory policy thus arose from a series of investigations into how to protect the German economy from foreign crises, thereby reflecting the interdependence of politics and finance
Capital (architecture · Economics · Economy · Financial crisis · Financial regulation · Financial system · Foreign capital · Foreign direct investment · German · Globalization · Keynesian economics · Market economy · Nazism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · European history and politics · European Monetary and Fiscal Policies · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |