1st Edition

Central Banking Governance in the European Union A Comparative Analysis

By Lucia Quaglia Copyright 2008
204 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book fills a gap in academic literature on the politics and public policy aspects of central banking in Europe, by conducting a theoretically-informed and empirically-grounded analysis of central banking governance before and after the establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The main framework for analysis is a ‘multi-level institutionalist approach’, articulated on three... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The Bank of England

3. The Bundesbank

4. The Bank of Italy

5. The ECB: ‘A New Experiment in Central Banking’

6. Conclusions: A Comparative Assessment

Biography

Lucia Quaglia is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK.