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Some Scattered Thoughts From History On Evolution And Design In Central Banking / Forest Capie -- The North European Model Of Early Central Banking / Juha Tarkka; Comments By Ludger Linnemann -- Central Bank Independence And Monetary Policy Making Institutions-past Present And Future / Alex Cukierman; Comments By Roland Vaubel -- How Should Central Banks Define Price Stability? / Mark Wynne; Comments By David Mayes -- A Proposal For Extracting Policy Information From The Ecb's Second Pillar / Georg Rich; Comments By Roger Clews -- Forward Guidance For Monetary Policy: Is It Desirable? / Hans Gersbach And Volker Hahn; Comments By Heinz Herrmann -- Designing A Central Bank Communication Strategy / Michael Ehrmann And Marcel Fratzscher; Comments By Jakob De Haan -- Achieving Financial Stability In A World Of Cross-border Institutions / Mathias Person; Comments By Geoffrey Wood -- What Kind Of Research In Central Banks? / A Panel. Edited By David Mayes And Geoffrey Wood. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.