Touffut, Jean-Philippe        <br/><br/>
Central banks as economic institutions / 
edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut. 
 - Cheltenham, UK ;  Northampton, MA :  Edward Elgar,  c2008. 
 - xvi, 215 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Cournot Centre for Economic Studies series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents:PrefaceIntroduction1. Monetary Beliefs and the  Power of Central Banks Andre Orlean2. Monetary Policy in  Germany Since 1948: National Tradition, International  Best Practice or Ideology?Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich3. What  Objectives for Monetary Policy?Benjamin M. Friedman4.  Financial Stability and Monetary Policy: A  FrameworkGerhard Illing5. Coordinating Expectations in  Monetary PolicyStephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin6.  Central Bank Transparency: Where, Why and With What  Effects? Nazire Nergiz Dincer and Barry Eichengreen7.  Global imbalances: Origins, Consequences and Possible  ResolutionsTakatoshi Ito8. Global Imbalances: A  Contemporary `Rashomon' Saga Nouriel Roubini9. Round  Table Discussion: Monetary Policy in the New  International Environment Patrick Artus, Alan S. Blinder,  Willem Buiter, Otmar Issing and Robert M. SolowIndex       
<br/><br/> This book examines from a transatlantic perspective how the  central bank has become the bank of banks. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1848441088 (hbk.) 1848441096 (pbk.) 9781848441088 (hbk.) 9781848441095 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009278151 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Banks and banking, Central.<br/>Monetary policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.112