The European Central Bank

Michael Binder and Volker Wieland

No 2007/03, CFS Working Paper Series from Center for Financial Studies (CFS)

Abstract: The establishment of the ECB and with it the launch of the euro has arguably been a unique endeavor in economic history, representing an important experiment in central banking. This note aims to summarize some of the main lessons learned from this experiment and sketch some of the prospects for the ECB. It is written for /The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics/, 2nd edition.

Keywords: Central Banking; European Central Bank; Euro; Monetary Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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