The Political Economy of Money and Banking in Imperial Brazil, 1850-1889

Presents an overview of the institutional edifice prevalent in 19th-century Brazil.

Analyses in detail the evolution of monetary and banking policy in the period
Addresses themes that help to understand the rationale behind the policies that were actually implemented.

Presents an overview of the institutional edifice prevalent in nineteenth-century Brazil Analyses in detail the evolution of monetary and banking policy in the period? Addresses themes that help to understand the rationale behind the policies that were actually implemented

Autorentext

André A. Villela has been a Lecturer at the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance / Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV EPGE), Brazil, since 2002, teaching and researching the economic history of Brazil. From 2012 André has acted as head of the undergraduate program in Economics at FGV EPGE. He has published his work in academic journals, as well as contributed chapters to volumes on Brazilian economic history. Co-author of Economia Brasileira Contemporânea: 1945-2015, André received his BA and MSc in Economics in Brazil and his PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics, UK.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From Plurality of Issue to Monopoly and Back: 1850-60.- Chapter 3. From the "Law of Impediments" to Restoration of Monopoly: 1860-66.- Chapter 4. The Treasury as a Monopolist Note Issuer: 1866-89.- Chapter 5. Taking Stock: Monetary and Banking Policy in the Second Reign.- Chapter 6. Conclusions.