Historical Series of the Bank of Italy

The aim of the Historical Series of the Bank of Italy - initially published by Editori Laterza, then by Marsilio Editori and, since 2022, by Società Editrice il Mulino - is to make documents, statistics and analysis available to scholars, as instruments serving to stimulate and encourage research and studies. Two years after their publication the works are made accessible in digital form on this website.

The editorial plan of the Historical Series includes three series of volumes:

  • The Documents Series from the Bank's historical archive;
  • The Statistics Series that makes real and financial time series available to scholars as part of the Bank's ongoing research projects;
  • The Analysis and Essays Series (which combines two of the four previous series, namely the "Analysis" and the "Essays and Research") that propose the results of historical economic research projects and monographic essays.

Scientific Committee

Ignazio Visco (presidente), Piero Barucci, Valerio Castronovo†, Filippo Cesarano, Pierluigi Ciocca, Franco Cotula, Alberto Cova, Guido M. Rey, Gianni Toniolo†, Vera Zamagni.

Where to find them

The volumes of the Historical Series are on sale in leading bookshops nationwide. The individual volumes and critical apparatuses are available in digital form on this website two years after their publication.

The volumes in the Series can be consulted in more than 70 libraries: Italy's national libraries and those of several universities and public entities. They can also be consulted in 20 foreign libraries.

Further information

Latest publications

  1. 18 October 2022
    XIV - History of the Bank of Italy Volume I. Formation and evolution of a central bank, 1893-1943
    by Gianni Toniolo
  2. 31 December 2017
    XIII - Competition and Growth in Italy in the Long Run
    edited by Alfredo Gigliobianco and Gianni Toniolo
  3. 31 December 2015
    V - GDP for Italy's History. A User's Manual
    by Alberto Baffigi
  4. 31 December 2013
    XII - Italy and the World Economy since Unification
    edited by Gianni Toniolo
  5. 31 December 2012
    VII - The Roots of the Italian Welfare State: the Origins and Future of an Unbalanced Social Model
    by Maurizio Ferrera, Valeria Fargion and Matteo Jessoula
  6. 31 December 2012
    XI - History of Banking, Financial and Insurance legislation. From Italy's Unification to 2011
    by Enrico Galanti, Raffaele D'Ambrosio and Alessandro V. Guccione

Archive

  1. 2022
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  20. 1990