The Future of Central Banking: The Tercentenary Symposium of the Bank of England

by Forrest Capie, Stanley Fischer, Charles Goodhart, Norbert Schnadt

Overview

This volume contains two major papers prepared for the Bank of England's Tercentenary Symposium in June 1994. The first, by Forrest Capie, Charles Goodhart and Norbert Schnadt, provides an authoritative account of the evolution of central banking. The second paper, by Stanley Fischer, explores the major policy dilemmas now facing central bankers. Important contributions by six leading central bankers from around the world, and the related Per Jacobsen lecture by Alexander Lamfalussy, are also included in the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521496346
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/23/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Eddie George; 1. The Development of Central Banking; 2. Modern Central Banking; 3. Central banking in transition; 4. The Philosophy of Central Banking.

Editorial Reviews

"...well written and instructive on many levels..." Journal of Comparative Econonics

"...attains the status of a classic..." Journal of Economic Literature

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