The international monetary system : proceedings of a conference organized by the Banca d'Italia / edited by Peter B. Kenen, Francesco Papadia, and Fabrizio Saccomanni.

Papers from a conference honoring the memory of Rinaldo Ossola (1913-1990), who served at the Banca d'Italia from 1938 to August 1976 in various positions, including Director General.

The international monetary issues of the Bretton Woods era / Jacques J. Polak -- The rise and fall of the concept of international liquidity / John Williamson -- The role of market and official channels in the supply of international liquidity / Andrew Crockett -- High world interest rates: shortage of saving or liquidity? / William H. Branson -- Floating exchange rates reconsidered: the influence of new ideas priorities, and problems / Pter B. Kenen -- The credibility of adjustable parities: the experience of the European Monetary System / Zhaohui Chen and Alberto Giovannini -- Concerted interventions and the dollar: an analysis of daily data / Pietro Catte, Giampaolo Galli, and Salvatore Rebecchini --Economic performance under alternative exchange rate regimes: some historical evidence / Tanim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen -- Improving economic policy coordination: evaluating some new and some not-so-new proposals / Morris Goldstein.