Accounting for the first 128 years of the Banque de France history: A statistorian approach to the Banque’s balance sheets from 1800 to 1928

Diplôme Master Accounting for the first 128 years of the Banque de France history: A statistorian approach to the Banque’s balance sheets from 1800 to 1928 eng 2025-01-31 author Plüss Jonas Guntars 947265 director Flores Zendejas Juan 0000-0003-2800-7258 685481 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) 48 This master’s thesis builds up on Baubeau’s database of the Banque de France published balance sheets (1840-1998). We used alternative primary sources –The “Situations générales de la Banque de France” (internal daily balance sheets ledgers) and the “Situations générales des succursales” (internal ledgers of the branches weekly balance sheets)– to fill gaps and improve the database. We extended the database from the creation of the Banque de France in 1800 to 1839. We also collected the data to fill the gaps for annual series by constructing a balance sheet for 29/12/1870 and 31/12/1914. Moreover, we clarified the reason behind an oversized “Sundry assets” item in the published balance sheets from October 1926 to June 1928. One of the main purpose of this work is to explicit the methodology used to complete and improve the database so that the users of the database use it fully aware of the limits of the source, and maybe carry on the yet unfinished work of improving the database and its metadata. Baubeau’s database The Banque de France Balance sheets Accounting First 128 years Statistorian approach “Sundry assets” item in the published balance sheets from October 1926 to June 1928. One of the main purpose of this work is to explicit the methodology used to complete and improve the database so that the users of the database use it fully aware of the limits of the source, and maybe carry on the yet unfinished 1800 to 1928 Dewey 330 Dewey 330.9 Master en histoire économique internationale 193 Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch TE 123 Département d'histoire, économie et société T5 false 67fa6bd4-3503-4d92-a9e7-c7923abe3445 Master thesis Public Plüss_Mémoire_VersionFinale.pdf 556846 application/pdf 7a435158395b4f3d5785188abe4f05ed9e379cadde957e8b6f710e191a573429 openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch Faculté des sciences de la société / Département d'histoire, économie et société

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