01830cam a2200265   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001700061020002200078020002200100020002500122020002500147082001600172100004400188245007900232260006300311300003400374440004700408504005100455505086900506520010801375650003201483650002101515700002801536727920181127183312.0090428s2008    enka     b    001 0 eng  a  2009278151  a1848441088 (hbk.)  a1848441096 (pbk.)  a9781848441088 (hbk.)  a9781848441095 (pbk.)04a332.112222  aTouffut, Jean-Philippe bcdeeditorq00aCentral banks as economic institutions /cedited by Jean-Philippe Touffut.  aCheltenham, UK ;aNorthampton, MA :bEdward Elgar,cc2008.  axvi, 215 p. :bill. ;c25 cm. 0aCournot Centre for Economic Studies series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: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. SolowIndexgrt  aThis book examines from a transatlantic perspective how the  central bank has become the bank of banks. 0aBanks and banking, Central. 0aMonetary policy.1 aTouffut, Jean-Philippe.