Foundations of European Central Bank Policy (Paperback)

0 Introduction.- 1 Part I: Endogenous Money.- 1.1 The Money Supply Approach: Empirical Evidence for Germany.- 1.2 Endogenous Money and Interest Rates in Germany.- 1.3 The Endogeneity of Money: Concepts, Methods and Doctrinal Influence of Monetary Theory.- 1.4 Currency Competition and Endogenous Money: Experiences from the Suffolk System, 1819-1858.- 2 Part II: Towards an European Central Bank Policy Design.- 2.1 Economic Convergence and Monetary Union.- 2.2 Five Years to Prepare the Final Stage of EMU: A German View.- 2.3 Towards a Common Monetary Policy in the Transition: The Role of Ecu and Required Reserves.- 2.4 Fiscal Policy Implications of the European Union.- 2.5 The (Term) Structure of Interest Rates as a Predictor of Real Economic Growth: An Econometric Analysis for Germany.- 2.6 The Evolution of Ecu Markets.- 3 Part III: External Issues.- 3.1 Economic Transformation and the Integration of Central and Eastern Europe in the European Community.- 3.2 Convertibility in Eastern Europe.- 3.3 Exchange Rate Pegging to the Ecu in Northern Europe: A Nordic View.