The investment activity of the Local Credit Bank of Spain in its first period (1925-1936)

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Matés-Barco
  • Luis González-Ruiz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2017.03.009

Keywords:

Banco de Crédito Local de España, Local development, Municipalities and regional governments, N0, N2

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the investment activity of the Banco de Crédito Local de España in the Spanish local institutions, including municipalities, and commonwealths, and regional governments. The period studied ranges from its founding in 1925 until 1950. This analysis helps to determine the main activities in which the Bank focused its financial activity: works for drinking water supply and sanitation, development of roads, building schools, abattoirs, markets and barracks, etc. A description is also presented of the changes that occurred in the volume of loans in the various political scenarios during those years. Finally, cities and regions that focused more attention of the Bank are detailed. It also presents a glimpse of the close relationship between political power and economic elites, and explains the nature of the bank as an economic engine of the first order.

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Matés-Barco, J. M., & González-Ruiz, L. (2019). The investment activity of the Local Credit Bank of Spain in its first period (1925-1936). Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 15(2), 102–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2017.03.009

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