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How Should Central Banks Deal with a Financial Stability Objective? The Evolving Role of Communication as a Policy Instrument

In: Handbook of Central Banking, Financial Regulation and Supervision

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  • Benjamin Born
  • Michael Ehrmann
  • Marcel Fratzscher

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This stimulating and original Handbook offers an updated and systematic discussion of the relationship between central banks, financial regulation and supervision after the global financial crisis.

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  • Benjamin Born & Michael Ehrmann & Marcel Fratzscher, 2011. "How Should Central Banks Deal with a Financial Stability Objective? The Evolving Role of Communication as a Policy Instrument," Chapters, in: Sylvester Eijffinger & Donato Masciandaro (ed.), Handbook of Central Banking, Financial Regulation and Supervision, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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