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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4244 Financial Characteristics of Large British Companies, 1880-1926 424410.5255/UKDA-SN-4244-2 Delargy, R., London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History Kennedy, W., London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History Copyright William Kennedy and Robert Delargy Leverhulme TrustLondon School of Economics and Political Science UK Data Service 12 April 2001 ELECTRONICS INDUSTRYBANKSBUSINESS ECONOMICSCAPITALISMCOMPANIESECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONSFINANCIAL MARKETSINVESTMENTINVESTMENT RETURNMARKET ECONOMYPERIODICALSPRICESPUBLICATIONSSHARES Trade, industry and marketsEconomic conditions and indicators <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p class="x_western">The main aims of the project are three-fold: </p> <p class="x_western">(1) To identify and describe the development of the electricity industry in Britain prior to the formation of the national grid using company market-based financial data; and</p> <p class="x_western">(2) To construct a consistent data set of the key market-based financial characteristics of the principle companies.</p> <p class="x_western">(3) To use this to examine the development of the British electricity industry compared to similar development in the United States and Germany.</p><p class="x_western"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span></p><p class="x_western">For the second edition (October 2021) data and documentation relating to Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1894); Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1914), Anglo-American Brush Electric Light and Power Corporation Limited (1882-1889) and Brush Electrical Engineering Limited (1889-1914) were added to the study.<br></p><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><p class="x_western">The key financial characteristics are: </p> <p class="x_western">(1) The quarterly (January, April, July and October) market closing price of each traded security for each identified company;</p> <p class="x_western">(2) The number of each security outstanding, both traded and non-traded, at the end of each quarter;</p> <p class="x_western">(3) Multiplied together, characteristics (1) and (2) produce quarterly market capitalization for quoted companies by security. Summing all quoted securities issued by a company produces for each quarter its total market capitalizations. The value of non-quoted securities can be estimated from the dividend and interest payments they make.</p> <p class="x_western">(4) The paid-up amount for each security, including premiums and discounts (if any);</p> <p class="x_western">(5) The nominal value of each security;</p> <p class="x_western">(6) The payments (if any) made in each quarter to holders of the securities.</p> 1993 - 202001 January 199301 January 2020 Great Britain Institutions/organisationsNationalCompanies TextNumeric Cross-sectional (one-time) study No sampling (total universe) Transcription <p><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/assets/img/logo-cc.png" /></a>&nbsp; The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</a> Licence.</p> See <restrctn> William P. Kennedy P.J.R. Delargy (summer 2020) Shorting the Future? Capital Markets and the Launch of the British Electrical Industry 1882-1892 "Business History Review" Vol 94 (Summer 2020) pp.287-320 doi:10.1017/S0007680520000318 https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4244 2024-11-28T07:24:33Z ddi:codebook:2_5