Professor Sylvester Eijffinger (University of Tilburg)

Advanced Studies Program
Professor Sylvester Eijffinger (University of Tilburg)
Course "Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the EU"
December 8-12, 2008
1. Monetary Policy in the EU
Jakob de Haan, Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger and Sandra Waller, The European Central
Bank: Credibility, Transparency and Centralization, CESifo Book Series, The MIT
Press, Cambridge MA, 2005.
Sylvester C.W.Eijffinger and Petra M.Geraats (2006), How Transparent are Central
Banks? European Journal of Political Economy, 22(1), 1-21.
Petra M. Geraats, Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger and Carin A.B. van der Cruijsen (2006),
Does Central Bank Transparency Reduce Interest Rates? CEPR Discussion Paper
Series No. 5526.
Carin A.B. van der Cruijsen and Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger (2007), The Economic
Impact of Central Bank Transparency: A Survey. CEPR Discussion Paper Series No.
6070.
Carin A.B. van der Cruijsen and Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger (2007), Actual versus
Perceived Central Bank Transparency: The Case of the European Central Bank.
CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 6525.
Part II: Fiscal Policy in the EU
Marco Buti, Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger and Daniele Franco (2003), Revisiting the
Stability and Growth Pact: Grand Design or Internal Adjustment? CEPR Discussion
Paper Series No. 3692.
Sylvester Eijffinger and Matteo Governatori (2004), Fiscal and Monetary Interaction:
The Role of Asymmetries of the Stability and Growth Pact in EMU. CEPR Discussion
Paper Series No. 4647.
Marco Buti, Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger and Daniele Franco (2005), The Stability Pact
Pains: A Forward-Looking Assessment of the Reform Debate. CEPR Discussion
Paper Series No. 5216.
Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger and Alberto Rossi (2006), Structural Reforms and Growth:
Product and Labor Market Deregulations. CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 5988.