The age of central banks
by
Giannini, Curzio.
Title
:
The age of central banks
Author
:
Giannini, Curzio.
ISBN
:
9780857932136
Personal Author
:
Giannini, Curzio.
Publication Information
:
Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011.
Physical Description
:
xxxi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note
:
First published in Italian as 'L'eta delle banche centrali: forme e governo della moneta fiduciaria in una prospettiva istituzionalista', 2004.
Contents
:
Introduction Part I: Preliminary Issues -- 1. Money between State and Market: The Concept of Payment Technology -- 2. Fluctuations of Trust: Pre-industrial Credit Payment Technologies -- Part II: The Rise and Fall of Convertibility -- 3. The Convertible Banknote and the 'English Model' -- 4. Bank Money and Instability: From Bagehot's Principle to Financial Regulation -- 5. The Fiat Standard: Monetary Nationalism, Central Bank Autonomy and Credibility -- Part III: Between Present and Future -- 6. International Money: Building Trust in an Underinstitutionalized Environment -- 7. The Revolution in the Payment System -- Epilogue.
Subject Term
:
Banks and banking, Central.
International finance.
Monetary policy.
Capital movements.
Foreign exchange.
Debts, External.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025559358 | 332.11 G433A 2011 | 1 |