currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged … in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America; dollarization and the coordination of macroeconomic policies in …

The number of central banks in the world is approaching 180, a tenfold increase since the beginning of the twentieth … century. What lies behind the spread of this economic institution? What underlying process has brought central banks to hold … such a key role in economic life today? This book examines from a transatlantic perspective how the central bank has become …

determination, income distribution and central bank governance. Many of these chapters share a common theme including a criticism of … the usefulness of monetary policy in fighting or targeting inflation and the questions this raises for central bank … governance. The book also focuses on open economy issues such as capital flows, globalization, FDI and the Washington Consensus …

Although the globalization of markets and the rapid growth in worldwide information technologies supports harmonization … Asia, India, Greece, Mexico, the US and EU accession countries illustrate how differently the globalization process is … the processes of globalization and shedding light on the issues surrounding economic divergences, this book will strongly …

on to explore the continuing globalization of financial markets, including further innovations in information …

Some of the Issues', Journal of Economic Education, 15 (1), Winter, 55-69 -- Alex Cukierman (1986), 'Central Bank Behavior …