Risk Management in Early Banking

Mats Larsson is Professor of Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden. Kristina Lilja is a Senior Lecturer in Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden. Tom Petersson is a Senior Lecturer in Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden.​

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Sweden, an economy in transformation, 1820-1910.- Chapter 3: Savings banks in the Swedish banking system.- Chapter 4: Savers and the risk of deposit banking.- Chapter 5: Credit risks – from networks and co-operation to stable markets.- Chapter 6: Trust and mistrust – practical aspects of risk management and lending in the 1890.- Chapter 7: A comparative conclusion​.