From Financing Production to Producing Finance
This paper studies the evolution of banking elites and banking strategy of the largest Swiss banks since 1945. Between 1985 and 2000, an elite transformation occurred within the large Swiss banks. A Swiss-oriented business and political elite was replaced by a US-socialized financial elite. The displacement Swiss-oriented business and political elite closely preceded the decline of retail banking and the shift of loan volumes from production to finance.
Authors
- Katja Rost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-7818)
- S. Egli
- Larissa Fritsch
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Journal of Sociology
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26034/cm.sjs.2025.7071
- Primary Topic
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00