The demand for Swiss banknotes: some new evidence by Katrin Assenmacher, Franz Seitz, Jörn Tenhofen

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Can Macroeconomics and Ideology Be Separated? Some Experiences from Europe and the Nordic Countries by Jesper Jespersen

“…Therefore, it is explicitly stated within the Treaty of Lisbon that the board of directors of the European Central Bank must not take any direct instructions from the European Council to secure objectivity in the European monetary policy. …”
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The proportionality of monetary policy as a macro-juristic theory by Bocs Lauris

“…The role of monetary policy has increased up to the point that the European Central Bank has established so-called unconventional monetary policies, including unprecedented asset purchase programmes within the public and private debt sector of the EU. …”
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Austerity as the Solution to the Eurozone Crisis: Analysing the Ordo-Liberal Pre-Eminence over Contending Framings of the Crisis by Christelle Pottier, Grégoire Delette

“…Just as the persuasive power of ordo-liberals upon national heads of state, along with the European Central Bank and the European Commission are the main reasons for the success of the ordo-liberal political entrepreneurs, likewise the longevity of the ordo-liberal framing can be explained through an examination of the interplay of politics and ideologies.…”
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ECB Monetary Policy and consequences in the European Monetary Union by Paola Sánchez

“…In 2011, one of the most influential authors, Werner Sinn, argued that the European Central Bank (ECB) was financing the current account deficits in the periphery countries and for this reason, the TARGET2 imbalances were dangerously increasing the risk in core countries. …”
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Unconventional Monetary Policy and Bank Risk Taking in Euro Area by Ioana Pleșcău, Vasile Cocriș

“…The aim ofthis paper is to analyse the impact of European Central Bank unconventional instruments,measured using the change in its balance sheet, on the bank risk-taking of commercial banks fromEurozone, captured by Z-Score. …”
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An Appraisal on the Earlier Euro Adoption by the New Member States in the Frame of the Current Global Economic and Financial Crisis by Floarea Iordache, Alina Georgeta Glod, Adina Criste, Camelia Milea, Iulia Lupu

“…On the verge of thefinancial crisis, the European Central Bank overruled the Central and Eastern European member states’ intentions for an earlier adoption of the euro, requiring compliance with the Maastricht criteria. …”
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EUROZONE AND THE LOW INFLATION RISK by Bianca Steliana PÎRA (BEȘA)

“…The very low inflation in the Eurozone is, probably, the greatest challenge the European Central Bank has been handling since overcoming the 2008 crisis. …”
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Negative interest rates, excess reserves and tiering of the ECB: How heavily are banks burdened? by Jens Klose

“…Abstract The European Central Bank (ECB) reduced its deposit rate into negative territory in June 2014. …”
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Testing the Nonlinearity of the Phillips Curve. Implications for Monetary Policy by Georgiana BALABAN, Denis VÎNTU

“…This suggests that the optimal choice for European Central Bank should be a fixed inflation targeting, while the National Bank of Romania's monetary policy strategy should aim a flexible inflation targeting.…”
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The costs and risk of introduction of the euro in Poland by Aldona Kozakiewicz

“…The scale of adverse effects depends, among other factors, on decisions made by the European Central Bank, effectiveness of adjustment mechanisms and types of shocks. …”
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Foreword by Elena GURGU

“…A globally warning issued in September 2018 by the former president of the European Central Bank, Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet says the world economy is exactly the way ahead of the economic crisis of 2008. …”
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Let the Digital Euro Circulate: Introducing a Retail C.B.D.C. in the Eurozone With Unlimited Holdings by Users by Mark Warren

“…The European Central Bank (E.C.B.) anticipates including a holding limit of about e3,000 per user within the design of its potential retail central bank digital currency for the Eurozone, the digital euro. …”
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THE INTERNAL BALANCE OF THE EU NEW MEMBER STATES DURING THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN CAPITAL INFLOW STRUCTURE by I. I. Bolotov

“…The paper is based on analysis of data from official sources: Eurostat, the European Central Bank and the World Bank.…”
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INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE MONETARY POLICY OF THE EUROSYSTEM

“…The research is based on analysis of European Central Bank documents and analytical studies of the Polish National Bank concerning non-standard instruments of financial policy. …”
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The Great Depression and the Great Recession: A Comparative Analysis of their Analogies by Cristina Peicuti

“…These decades were also characterized by the consolidation of the powers of young central banks (the Federal Reserve System in the 1920s and the European Central Bank in the 2000s), by unsuccessful attempts to control market speculation, by their international dimensions, and by the eruption of crises after the failure of a major American financial institution that could have been avoided. …”
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Troika's Portuguese Ministry of Justice Experiment: Dissipation of Doubts about Success, Continuation and Confirmation of Positive Results by Pedro Miguel Alves Ribeiro Correia, Susana Antas Videira

“…This research addresses the results obtained in the civil enforcement actions arising from objectives included in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Portugal and the so-called Troika (International Monetary Fund / European Commission / European Central Bank). The empirical study was extended to cover the quantitative analysis of the results achieved not only during the Troika period but also during the post-Troika period. …”
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SUPERVISION OF CREDIT INSTITUTIONS SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO FINANCIAL STABILITY by LUCIAN-ION MEDAR, IRINA-ELENA CHIRTOC, CORICI MARIAN CĂTĂLIN

“…Accession of Romania to Union Banking requires the signing of a linked protocol between the central bank and European Central Bank regarding prudential supervision to ensure financial stability. …”
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Inflazione, disoccupazione e banca centrale: temi per una riconsiderazione critica (Inflation, unemployment and the Central Bank: Themes for a critical reappraisal) by Paolo Sylos Labini

“…A critical reappraisal of the explanation of inflation is now particularly important since the European Central Bank will become operative at the be-ginning of the next year.     …”
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NOMINAL CONVERGENCE CRITERIA AND THEIR LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE IN ROMANIA AND EU COUNTRIES by Monica Mulcuţa

“…One possiblecourse of action would be that the European Central Bank financially supports the Centraland East European countries that really need this help, treating them as membres “defacto”of the euro zone. …”
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