Die Europäische Zentralbank ist die einzige starke zentrale Institution in der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU), die im Interesse der gesamten Währungsunion agiert und die ohne komplizierte Kompromissverhandlungen zwischen den Mitgliedsländern entscheidet. Sie verkörpert einen wichtigen...

The creation of a single monetary currency and a single monetary policy in the euro area has faced extraordinary challenges, among them the design of suitable monetary policy instruments. This book evaluates monetary policy instruments of the Eurosystem against a number of requirements. To do...

The success of European monetary integration-what the editors of this CESifo volume call "one of the most far-reaching, real world experiments in monetary policy to date"-is not assured. Policy makers have been forced to deal with challenges posed by formulating a uniform monetary policy for...