02197pam a2200337 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066019001300083020003900096020003600135020003800171020003500209040002300244042000800267043001200275050002200287082001800309100003100327245010200358246004600460260004900506300003600555440002500591504005100616505026500667520077000932610002701702650004701729856008301776378858820060925153009.0060301s2006 mdud b 001 0 eng  a 20060074031 a40105088 a9780742553668 (cloth : alk. paper) a0742553663 (cloth : alk. paper) a9780742553675 (pbk. : alk. paper) a0742553671 (pbk. : alk. paper) aDLCbengcDLCdANL apcc ae------00aHG2976b.K35 200600a339.530942221 aKaltenthaler, Karl,d1966-10aPolicy-making in the European Central Bank :bthe masters of Europe's money /cKarl Kaltenthaler.33aPolicymaking in the European Central Bank aLanham, Md. :bRowman & Littlefield,cc2006. avii, 193 p. :bcharts ;c24 cm. 0aGovernance in Europe aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- The origins of the ECB -- The formation of the ECB's monetary policy strategy -- The structure and strategy of the ECB -- The ECB's operating environment -- The exchange rate challenge -- EMU enlargement and the ECB -- Conclusion -- References.1 a"Drawing on numerous interviews with high-ranking and founding members of the European Central Bank (ECB), Karl Kaltenthaler identifies and explains the factors that shape the bank's domestic and international monetary strategies. The policymaking model that offers the best roadmap to a healthy economy is that of the German Bundesbank. To secure the long-term needs of the economy, the decision makers in the ECB have created a model that attempts to replicate the Bundesbank's success at the European level and to lend credibility to their own policies. Offering unprecedented access to internal decision making at the ECB, Policymaking in the European Central Bank will interest readers who want to understand this important European institution."--BOOK JACKET.20aEuropean Central Bank. 0aMonetary policyzEuropean Union countries.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006007403.html