Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Chapter 3 The Quantity Theory of Credit and Some of Its Policy Implications

Chapter 4 Euro Area Money Demand and International Portfolio Allocation: A Contribution to Assessing Risks to Price Stability

Chapter 5 Global Liquidity and Credit Booms

Chapter 6 Dual Liquidity Crises under the Gold Standard and in a Monetary Union: A Financial Accounts Perspective

Chapter 7 Determinants and Consequences of Credit Tightening: An Analysis of the United States and the Euro Area

Chapter 8 Financial Intermediary Balance Sheet Management

Chapter 9 Bank Leverage and the Credit Cycle in the Euro Area: A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Approach

Chapter 10 Households’ Financial Portfolio Choices: A Comparison between France and Germany (1978–2009)

Chapter 11 Household Balance Sheets and Debt: An International Country Study

Chapter 12 Analysing Recent Developments in the Financing of Euro Area Non-Financial Corporations

Chapter 13 Monetary Policy and the Flow of Funds in the Euro Area