Containing a series of case studies of cooperative banks in times of crisis, this book reflects upon the cooperative business model and the governance structures of cooperative banks. Such banks have weathered the current financial crisis relatively well. In most countries, they did not need...

This study analyses the relationship between wage payments, the persistent circulation of foreign coins and the shortage of national currency in Netherlands Limburg between 1839 and 1914. This region is of particular interest because of its complex political past, its geographical position and...