The research examines how evolving narratives and collective memory of the Great Depression influenced the implementation (1930s) and repeal (1980s-90s) of banking specialization laws in Italy and the US, focusing on how changing interpretations of the crisis shaped regulatory decisions about universal banking. The paper presents an interesting comparison of two rationales for banking regulation: technical efficiency Vs political accountability of financial power
Discussant del paper di Tobias Pforr (EUI), Giuseppe Telesca (EUI), Niccolò Valmori (EUI), Regulation, narratives and the memory of the Great Depression: The end, and return, of universal banking in Italy and the US / Schisani, MARIA CARMELA. - (2024). (Intervento presentato al convegno Rivista di Storia Economica / Italian Review of Economic History (RSE/IREH) Special issue: The Banking history in a global perspective – Workshop tenutosi a Scuola di Economia e Management - University of Turin nel 15 November 2024).
Discussant del paper di Tobias Pforr (EUI), Giuseppe Telesca (EUI), Niccolò Valmori (EUI), Regulation, narratives and the memory of the Great Depression: The end, and return, of universal banking in Italy and the US
Maria Carmela Schisani
2024
Abstract
The research examines how evolving narratives and collective memory of the Great Depression influenced the implementation (1930s) and repeal (1980s-90s) of banking specialization laws in Italy and the US, focusing on how changing interpretations of the crisis shaped regulatory decisions about universal banking. The paper presents an interesting comparison of two rationales for banking regulation: technical efficiency Vs political accountability of financial powerI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
