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Un siècle et demi d’activité titres des banques commerciales américaines (un plaidoyer pour l’unité et la plasticité du système de financement)

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  • Michel Boutillier
  • Nathalie Lévy
  • Valérie Oheix

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[eng] A Hundred and Fifty Years of Securities Transactions by US Commercial Banks.. At the origin of this research, is the conviction that securities transactions performed by banks must not be perceived as a more or less recent innovation but as a permanent feature of banks’ activity emphasizing the unity of the financial system. Wefirst put in perspective the theoretical works on the financial intermediation and the role of banks in the mechanisms of financing. We then describe the main stages of the American national banking system ; since its creation in 1863, statutory evolutions have affected both the system and banking practices on securities transactions. We thus analyze the securities transactions for own account of the US commercial banks since 1863 through the transformations of their balance sheet assets. We conclude on the durability of the securities activity of banks but also on its high flexibility. . Classification JEL : G10, G21, N21, N22. [fre] À l’origine de cette recherche se trouve notre conviction selon laquelle l’activité titres des banques ne doit pas être perçue comme une innovation plus ou moins récente, mais comme une donnée permanente de l’activité des banques dans le cadre d’une perception unitaire de l’intermédiation effectuée par ces institutions. Après avoir mis en perspective les travaux théoriques sur l’intermédiation financière et le rôle des banques dans les mécanismes de financement, puis avoir retracé les grandes étapes du système bancaire national des États-Unis rythmées, depuis sa création en 1863, par des évolutions réglementaires qui ont affecté directement les pratiques bancaires sur titres, cet article analyse l’activité titres pour compte propre des banques commerciales américaines, à travers les mutations depuis 1863 de l’actif de leur bilan. On conclut ainsi sur la permanence de l’activité titres des banques mais aussi sur sa grande malléabilité. . Classification JEL : G10, G21, N21, N22.

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  • Michel Boutillier & Nathalie Lévy & Valérie Oheix, 2012. "Un siècle et demi d’activité titres des banques commerciales américaines (un plaidoyer pour l’unité et la plasticité du système de financement)," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 105(1), pages 49-70.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2012_num_105_1_5963
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • N21 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N22 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • N21 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N22 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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