Assessing the impact of World War I on the City of London

The interwar years saw the rise of New York to challenge London as the world's leading provider of financial services. This paper will show that the current explanations fail to identify a key factor in New York's rise. The City was prevented from operating a full capacity by a capital i...

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Main Author: Cochrane, S
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2009