George Zis, David Cobham and Athanasios Papadopoulos. The cost of political intervention in monetary policy. International Finance, 2004, vol. 7, no. 3, pages 471-493. Published by and copyright Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version of this article is available from...

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[From the Introduction]. This paper analyzes the relationship between French and West German national macroeconomic policy patterns and Franco-German economic cooperation in the 1980s. I will argue that in some fundamental respects policy-makers in both countries had identified the same economic...

[From the Introduction]. This paper analyzes the relationship between French and West German national macroeconomic policy patterns and Franco-German economic cooperation in the 1980s. I will argue that in some fundamental respects policy-makers in both countries had identified the same economic...

The first section of this paper defines the terms "weak" and "strong" currency countries and analyzes the balance of payments positions of the EU member countries. It emphasizes Germany's role as the primary strong currency country in the EU and explains the broad coalition patterns that evolved...

The first section of this paper defines the terms "weak" and "strong" currency countries and analyzes the balance of payments positions of the EU member countries. It emphasizes Germany's role as the primary strong currency country in the EU and explains the broad coalition patterns that evolved...