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1. Designing Central Banks

   Edited by David Mayes, Geoffrey E Wood

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   The activities of central banks are relevant to everyone in society. This book starts by considering how and why in general central banks evolved and specifically the special aspects of the contribution of the Northern European Central Banking Tradition. With that foundation, the book will then...

   Published September 30th 2011 by Routledge
2. The Great Depression

   Edited by Geoffrey E. Wood, Forrest Capie

   Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

   The Great Depression had a devastating effect on much of the world’s developed economies. (For example, at its nadir, around one-quarter of the US workforce was unemployed. And, in Britain, exports virtually halved by 1933 as international trade collapsed.) The political and cultural consequences...

   Published November 15th 2010 by Routledge
3. The Structure of Financial Regulation

   Edited by David Mayes, Geoffrey E. Wood

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   This book examines the area of financial regulation in the banking sector. Editors Mayes and Wood bring together such acadmics as Charles Goodhart, Charles Calomiris and Kern Alexander whose expertise shines through this volume to provide a reference tool for researchers, students and bankers...

   Published January 17th 2007 by Routledge
4. The Lender of Last Resort

   Edited by Forrest Capie, Geoffrey E. Wood

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   The capacity of national central banks to 'step in' and bail out an economy is one which has proved to be vitally important over the years. This collection from Wood and Capie brings together important literature for the first time in book form....

   Published December 19th 2004 by Routledge
5. Monetary Unions

   Theory, History, Public Choice

   Edited by Forrest Capie, Geoffrey E Wood

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in which some members of the European Union have joined, has prompted much discussion of monetary union. Most of this discussion has focused on the immediate issues, such as prospects for the Euro and the possibility of expanding the Euro-zone. This book stands...

   Published January 22nd 2003 by Routledge