A History of the Bank of Italy

Gianni Toniolo was a Former Research Professor of Economics and History Emeritus at Duke University and a Senior Fellow Professor at LUISS Guido Carli University. Among the main Italian economic historians, he has authored and edited several books in Italian and English, on European and Italian economic development with a focus on central banks including: Central Bank Cooperation at the Bank for International Settlements, 1930–1973 (2005); The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy Since Unification (2013).

• Foreword; Introduction; 1. (Italian) ORIGINS AND THE EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL BANKING; 2. BEFORE THE BANK OF ITALY: BANK OF ISSUE; 3. ORIGINS; 4. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTRAL BANK; 5. A BANK FOR THE WAR ECONOMY; 6. THE AGE OF CENTRAL BANKS; 7. QUOTA 90 AND MONETARY POLICY, 1925–1929; 8. FIRST SUPERVISION EXPERIENCES; 9. THE GREAT CRISIS; 10. AUTARKY AND WAR; 11. THE BANK IN TOTAL WAR; Afterword.