Central Bank Cooperation at the Bank for International Settlements, 1930-1973This book covers the history of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the first born among the international economic institutions, from its founding in Basel in 1930 to the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1973. The first chapters explore the foundation of the BIS, its role in the financial crisis of 1931, the London economic conference of 1933, and in following years when central bank cooperation was mostly reduced to technical matters.