The Spanish Financial System

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Introduction

   • José Luis Malo de Molina, Pablo Martín-Aceña

   Pages 1-16

3. Spain in the 20th century: The end of the exception?

   • Santos Juliá

   Pages 17-44

4. A century of the Spanish economy

   • Gabriel Tortella, José Luis García Ruiz

   Pages 45-70

5. The main reforms of the Spanish financial system

   • Ma. Ángeles Pons

   Pages 71-98

6. The Spanish banking system from 1900 to 1975

   • Pablo Martín-Aceña

   Pages 99-143

7. The savings Banks: 1900–1975

   • Francisco Comín

   Pages 145-181

8. The macroeconomic basis of the recent development of the Spanish financial system

   • José Luis Malo de Molina

   Pages 183-218

9. Banking supervision and regulation over the past 40 years

   • Raimundo Poveda

   Pages 219-271

10. Spanish securities markets: recent developments and key challenges

    • Fernando Restoy, Rafael Sánchez de la Peña

    Pages 273-310

11. Integration, competition and stability of the financial system

    • Jesús Saurina

    Pages 311-346

12. The Internationalization of the Spanish financial system

    • Ángel Berges, Emilio Ontiveros, Francisco J. Valero

    Pages 347-381

13. The Spanish financial industry at the start of 21st century: Current situation and future challenges

    • Xavier Vives

    Pages 383-423

14. Back Matter

    Pages 425-444

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The book analyses the Spanish financial system from the turn of the last century to the present day and the economic, social and political backdrop to this history. The result is a consummate survey of historical developments leading right up to today's key issues and challenges, and to what the future may hold.

• banking
• growth
• internationalization
• macroeconomics

JOSÉ LUIS MALO DE MOLINA Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research at the Banco de España (the Spanish central bank), Spain. He has authored numerous publications on macroeconomics, economic policy, the labor market and the financial system.
PABLO MARTIN-ACEÑA Professor of Economic History in the Universidad de Alcala, Spain. He has been Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, UK, Harvard University, USA, and Science Politiques in Paris, France. He has published several books and articles in monetary and financial history.

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