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An Economic Analysis of ‘Quota 90’

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  • Davide Bernardi

    (Department of Economics (University of Verona))

  • Roberto Ricciuti

    (Department of Economics (University of Verona))

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The revaluation of the Lira against the Pound, the so-called ‘quota 90’, was a major economic policy decision taken by the Fascist government in 1926. The economic history literature has seen this policy as the domestic implementation of the return to the Gold Exchange Standard characterizing the interwar period, with relatively limited economic consequences. We interpret the effects of this decision through an Error Correction Model and find that the economic cost in terms of output was limited. We claim that the main reason for this muted effect lied in a labor market that Fascist reforms tilted in favor of the firms.

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  • Davide Bernardi & Roberto Ricciuti, 2021. "An Economic Analysis of ‘Quota 90’," Working Papers 09/2021, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Quota 90; Fascism; fascist economic policy; fixed exchange regime; Italy.;
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    JEL classification:

    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models

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