The Bank of Israel. Volume 2, Selected topics in Israel's monetary policy / edited by Nissan Liviatan, Haim Barkai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liviatan, Nissan, editor.

Barkai, Haim, 1925-2006, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banḳ Yiśraʼel.

Banks and banking--Israel.

Banks and banking.

Money--Israel--History.

Money.

Monetary policy--Israel.

Monetary policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Selected topics in Israel's monetary policy

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of important specific issues, detailed discussion of the independence of the Bank of Israel, and an econometric study of the central banks policies. This volume also includes a historical account of the liberalization of Israel's foreign-exchange market and various issues related to the banking system, such as concentration, competition, and especially banking supervision. In one of the articles in this volume, based on a series of interviews, the top officials of the Bank of Israel present their view on the banks policies in the various periods.

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Contributors; 1 De Jure, De Facto, and Desired Independence: The Bank of Israel as a Case Study; 2 Monetary Policy in Israel, 1986-2000: Estimating the Central Bank's Reaction Function; 3 The Liberalization of Israel's Foreign Exchange Market, 1950-2002; 4 Economic Policy in Israel as Viewed by Leading Officials of the Bank of Israel, 1954-2000; 5 Banking Supervision in Israel; 6 The Israeli Banking System from a Historical Perspective: Diversification versus Competition; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-770996-6

0-19-062356-X

1-280-84620-8

0-19-534579-7

1-4294-5928-X

OCLC:

437096034