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Europe's Quest for Monetary Stability: Central Banking Gone Astray

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Joerg Bibow
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This paper provides an overview of central banking arrangements in those European countries that have adopted the euro. Issues addressed include the structure of the ÒEurosystemÓ and its central banking functions, the kind of independence granted to the system and the role of monetary policy that central bankers have adopted for themselves, the Òtwo-pillar policy framework,Ó operating procedures, and actual performance since the euroÕs launch in 1999. The analysis concludes that, given the current macroeconomic policy regime, trends, and practices, the euro is on track for failure.

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  1. Jšrg Bibow, 2004. "Investigating the Intellectual Origins of Euroland's Macroeconomic Policy Regime: Central Banking Institutions and Traditions in West Germany After the War," Economics Working Paper Archive 406, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
  2. Jörg Bibow, 2004. "Reflections on the current fashion for central bank independence," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 28(4), pages 549-576, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Jörg Bibow, 2002. "The Monetary Policies of the European Central Bank and the Euro's (Mal-)Performance: a stability-oriented assessment," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 31-50, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Joreg Bibow, 2005. "Refocusing the ECB on Output Stabilization and Growth through Inflation Targeting?," Macroeconomics 0507017, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
  5. Willem H. Buiter, 1999. "Alice in Euroland," Journal of Common Market Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 37(2), pages 181-209, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. W.H. Buiter, 1999. "Alice in Euroland," CEP Discussion Papers dp0423, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  7. Jšrg Bibow, 2004. "Assessing the ECB's Performance since the Global Slowdown: A Structural Policy Bias Coming Home to Roost?," Economics Working Paper Archive 409, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
  8. Jorg Bibow, 2004. "Assessing the ECB's Performance since the Global Slowdown A Structural Policy Bias Coming Home to Roost?," Macroeconomics 0407026, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
  9. Joerg Bibow, 2005. "Refocusing the ECB on Output Stabilization and Growth through Inflation Targeting?," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_425, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Eckhard Hein & Achim Truger, 2006. "Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Performance in the Euro area - Lessons for the Future," IMK Working Paper 07-2006, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute. [Downloadable!]
  2. Eckhard Hein & Achim Truger, 2006. "Monetary policy, macroeconomic policy mix and economic performance in the Euro area," IMK Working Paper 06-2006, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute. [Downloadable!]
  3. Eckhard Hein & Achim Truger, 2006. "Germany's post-2000 stagnation in the European context - a lesson in macroeconomic mismanagement," IMK Working Paper 03-2006, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute. [Downloadable!]
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