The European Central Bank: Credibility, Transparency, and Centralization

by Jakob de Haan, Sandra Waller, Sandra Waller, et al.

An examination of the debates on European Central Bank monetary policy, focusing on issues of transparency, credibility, and accountability and the effect of the ECB's decentralized structure.

The adoption of the euro in 1999 by 11 member states of the European Union created a single currency area second in economic size only to the United States. The euro zone's monetary policy is now set by the European Central Bank (ECB) and its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042266
• ISBN13: 9780262042260
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher