Central Banks in the Age of the Euro : Europeanization, Convergence, and Power.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (474 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191570421Subject(s): Banks and banking, Central -- European Union countries | Euro | Europe -- Economic integration | European Union countries -- Economic policy | Monetary unions -- European Union countriesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Central Banks in the Age of the Euro : Europeanization, Convergence, and PowerDDC classification: 332.11094 LOC classification: HG2976.C44 2009Online resources: Click to ViewContents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. The Age of the Euro: A Structural Break? Europeanization, Convergence, and Power in Central Banking -- Part I: The Changing Context of Central Banking -- 2. Differentiation in the European System of Central Banks: Circles, Core, and Directoire -- 3. The European Central Bank: The Bank That Rules Europe? -- Part II: Eurosystem 'Insider' Central Banks -- 4. National Banks of Belgium and the Netherlands: Happy with the Euro -- 5. Bank of France: The Challenge of Escaping Politicization -- 6. German Bundesbank: Europeanization and the Paradoxes of Power -- 7. Bank of Greece: Latecomer, Uphill Adjustment -- 8. The Banca d'Italia: Between Europeanization and Globalization -- Part III: 'Temporary' Outsiders: Pace Setters and Laggards -- 9. Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia: Banking on Identity -- 10. Czech Republic and Poland: The Limits of Europeanization -- Part IV: 'Semi-Permanent' Outsiders -- 11. Bank of England: Learning to Live with the Euro -- 12. Denmark and Sweden: Networking by Euro-Outsiders -- Part V: Lessons from Non-European Central Banks -- 13. The Political Economy of Central Banking in Australia and New Zealand -- 14. The US Federal Reserve and the Politics of Monetary and Financial Regulatory Policies -- Part VI: Convergence and Divergence -- 15. Financial Supervision: Internationalization, Europeanization, and Power -- 16. Monetary Policy Strategies -- 17. Scientization of Central Banking: The Politics of A-Politicization -- 18. Transparency and Accountability -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
The age of the euro has cast central banks in a newly prominent role in European integration and in macro-economic policy making in Europe. This book examines the effects of the euro as the new European single currency on the central banks of the member states of the European Union.
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