Policymaking in the European Central Bank - The Masters of Europe's Money (Paperback)

Drawing on numerous interviews with high-ranking and founding members of the European Central Bank (ECB), Karl Kaltenthaler identifies and explains the factors that shape the bank's domestic and international monetary strategies. As at all institutions, politics are very much involved in policy-making at the ECB. Kaltenthaler finds that instead of being unconcerned with how the bank's policies impact the citizens of the Eurozone, the central bankers desire to keep the economy healthy. This desire is driven by the central bankers' two primary personal preferences: to appear competent to as much of society as possible and to maintain broad political support for their operational independence. The policy-making model that offers the best roadmap to a healthy economy is that of the German Bundesbank. To secure the long-term needs of the economy, the decisionmakers in the ECB have created a model that attempts to replicate the Bundesbank's success at the European level and to lend credibility to their own policies. Offering unprecedented access to the internal decisionmaking at the ECB, Policymaking in the European Central Bank will interest readers who want to understand this important European institution.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	August 2006
Authors:	Karl Kaltenthaler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-5367-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Banking Books > Money & Finance > Banking Promotions
LSN:	0-7425-5367-1
Barcode:	9780742553675

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