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A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

Business history review, 2011-10, Vol.85 (3), p.461-498 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2011 ;2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College ;ISSN: 0007-6805 ;EISSN: 2044-768X ;DOI: 10.1017/S0007680511000778 ;CODEN: BHRVA6

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Title:
A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance
Author: Ryan, Andrea ; Trumbull, Gunnar ; Tufano, Peter
Subjects: 20th century ; Automation ; Bank loans ; Banking industry ; Borrowing ; Business history ; Consumer credit ; Consumer goods ; Consumer spending ; Consumer surveys ; Consumers ; Consumption ; Credit cards ; Decision making ; Exchange traded funds ; Finance ; Government obligations ; Historical analysis ; History ; Households ; International finance ; Interwar years ; Investments ; Loans ; Money orders ; Mortgage loans ; Personal debt ; Personal finance ; Postwar history ; Product innovation ; Regulation of financial institutions ; Retail banking ; Savings ; Studies ; Trends ; Trust departments ; Willingness-to-pay ; World War II
Is Part Of: Business history review, 2011-10, Vol.85 (3), p.461-498
Description: In this brief history of U.S. consumer finance since World War II, the sector is defined based on the functions delivered by firms in the form of payments, savings and investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice. Evidence of major trends in consumption, savings, and borrowing is drawn from time-series studies. An examination of consumer decisions, changes in regulation, and business practices identifies four major themes that characterized the consumer finance sector: innovation that increased the choices available to consumers; enhanced access in the form of consumers' broadening participation in financial activities; do-it-yourself consumer finance, which both allowed and forced consumers to take greater responsibility for their own financial lives; and a resultant increase in household risk taking.
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0007-6805
EISSN: 2044-768X
DOI: 10.1017/S0007680511000778
CODEN: BHRVA6
Source: ProQuest Central

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A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2011 ;2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College ;ISSN: 0007-6805 ;EISSN: 2044-768X ;DOI: 10.1017/S0007680511000778 ;CODEN: BHRVA6

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