Central Banks as Economic Institutions

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Jean-Philippe Touffut
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2008 - Business & Economics - 232 pages
Theories and practices in central banking and monetary policy have changed radically over recent decades with independence and inflation targeting as the new keywords. This book offers interesting perspectives on the drivers of this development and its im
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 Monetary beliefs and the power of central banks
7
national tradition international best practice or ideology?
22
3 What objectives for monetary policy?
52
a framework
68
5 Coordinating expectations in monetary policy
88
where why and with what effects?
105
origins consequences and possible resolutions
142
a contemporary Rashomon saga
162
monetary policy in the new international environment
177
Index
207
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Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut, Director, Cournot Centre, Paris, France

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