CIRJE-J-231 『太平洋戦争期における三菱銀行の支店展開と資金循環』
"Branch Network and Internal Flow of Funds of Mitsubishi Bank during the Second World War"
Author Name 岡崎哲二 (Tetsuji Okazaki)
Date December 2010
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Remarks  『三菱史料館論集』12:183-203 (2011年) 所収。
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This paper explores the flow of funds inside Mitsubishi Bank during the Second World War, focusing on the impacts of acquisition of Daihyaku Bank in 1943 and the Designated Financial Institution System in 1944. Acquisition of Daihyaku Bank substantially expanded the branch network of Mitsubishi Bank, and Mitsubishi Bank utilized those newly acquired branches mainly as a device for deposits collection. A large part of the deposits collected at the branches was sent to the headquarters of Mitsubishi Bank, which, in turn, allocated the funds to loans based on the Designated Financial Institution System, as well to government bonds following the instruction by the National Financial Control Association.