Credit Cooperative Institutions in European Countries

Herausgegeben:Karafolas, Simeon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comparative analysis of credit cooperative systemsacross 23 European countries. Cooperative banking has an important place in thefinancial, economic and social life of most European countries, and whilecooperative banks, credit mutuals, credit cooperatives and credit unions sharethe spirit of cooperation and mutuality, they often have very differentfeatures, history and development. The book examines the evolution and currentmodel of each credit cooperative system, its importance for the national andlocal banking markets, as well as the impact of the financial crisis oncooperative banking, and also presents the sharp contrasts between thesesystems throughout the EU. It is of significant scientific and practicalinterest and enables policymakers, practitioners and academics at European andnational levels to deepen their understanding of the evolution of the systemand its governance.

Produktdetails

• Contributions to Economics
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-28783-6
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9783319287836
• ISBN-10: 3319287834
• Artikelnr.: 44223559

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Credit Cooperative Systems in Western Europe.- Cooperative banks in the Austrian banking system.- So-operative Credit Institutions in Cyprus.- Co-operative banks in Finland.- Cooperative banks in France: Emergence, mutations and issues.- The German cooperative banks. An economic overview.- The Greek cooperative credit system.- The financial co-operative system in Ireland.- Italian Credit Cooperative Banks.- Rabobank before, during and after the credit crisis: From modesty via complacency to fundamental steps (The Netherlands).- The Portuguese Cooperative Credit System.- The Credit Cooperative System in Spain.- British Credit Unions - transformation and challenge.- Part II: Credit Cooperative Systems in Eastern Europe.- Bulgarian Cooperative Banking.- The changing role of Credit Unions in Czech Economy.- Credit Unions in Estonia.- The History, the current system and the special features of savings cooperatives in Hungary.- Cooperative Savings and Credit Unions in Latvia.- CreditUnions in Lithuania.- The Polish credit co-operative system: historical and contemporary experiences.- The Credit Cooperative System in Romania.- Credit Cooperatives in Serbia.- Credit Cooperatives in Slovakia.- From Credit Cooperatives to Cooperative Bank in Slovenia.