Introduction -- The costs and benefits of protecting creditor rights: theory and evidence / Atilano Jorge Padilla and Alejandro Requejo -- Information sharing in credit markets: theory and evidence / Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano -- The political economy of debt moratoria, bailouts and...

French credit policies before 1945 -- The nationalization of credit from 1945 to the late 1950s -- Development then gradual de-institutionalization : the 1960s and 1970s -- Monetary policy without interest rates : domestic macroeconomic effects and international issues of credit controls --...