Banking on privilege
Subtitle: the politics of Spanish financial reform
By: Sofía A. Pérez.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Finance -- Spain.; Financial institutions -- Spain.; Financial institutions -- Deregulation -- Spain.
Description: Table of Contents
 Tables  
 Preface  
 Introduction: Invisible Hand and Political Legacy 1 
1 The Spanish Economy and Financial Reform 7 
2 The Inflationary Origins of the Spanish Financial System 45 
3 Cheap Credit and the Politics of Interventionism 65 
4 Shift within the State 87 
5 Financial Reform and the Political Transition 116 
6 Socialist Victory and Regulatory Accommodation 136 
7 From Meso to Macro: The Rise and Fall of the Peseta 167 
 Conclusion: The Politics of Financial Liberalization 190 
 Index 203
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.