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.


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