1st Edition

Financing the Franco Regime The Financial Sector and Institutions in Spain, 1939–1975

Edited By Joaquim Cuevas, María A. Pons Copyright 2027
214 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the financial policies and institutions developed under the Franco regime over nearly four decades and how key actors – banks, savings banks, the foreign sector, the Banco de España and public debt management – were used to support the regime’s economic objectives. Situating Francoist financial policy within the broader European context of post-World War II financial... Read more

Introduction: Economy and Finance in Franco’s Spain
Joaquim Cuevas and María A. Pons

1. Financial Repression in the Golden Age of Economic Growth: Was Franco’s Spain Different?
Stefano Battilossi and Nicolás Varela

2. The Role of the Banco de España in the Spanish Financial System during the Franco Era
Elena Martínez-Ruiz and Pablo Martín-Aceña

3. Currency in Chains: The IEME and Spain's Path from Autarky to Developmentalism
Joseba de La Torre, Elena Martínez-Ruiz and Mar Rubio-Varas

4. Public Debt and Financial Repression under Franco's Regime
Francisco Comín and Joaquim Cuevas

5. Competition, Financial Regulation and Banking Supervision during the Franco Regime
Joaquim Cuevas, Josep Dols-Miró and María A. Pons

6. Savings Banks as an Instrument at the Service of Franco's Financial and Social Policy, 1940-1970
Pedro Fernández Sánchez and Ángel P. Martínez Soto

7. Public and Official Banks: Pillars of Francoist Economic Strategy
Joaquim Cuevas

Epilogue
Joaquim Cuevas and María A. Pons

Biography

Joaquim Cuevas is an associate professor of economic history in the Economic Analysis Department at the University of Valencia, Spain. His research and teaching focus on economic and financial history, including banking and monetary history, and on industrial and regional development.

María A. Pons is a professor of economic history in the Economic Analysis Department at the University of Valencia, Spain. Her area of specialisation is economic history, with special emphasis on monetary and banking history, financial crises and globalisation.