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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey

Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004

history of honesty and a high level of central bank independence. According to our respondents, the Federal Reserve is the … most credible, transparent and independent central bank out of seven large central banks. The ECB is not perceived as …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168

Optimal central bank design : benchmarks for the ECB

Berger, Helge (contributor) - 2006

The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301388

Too many cooks? Committees in monetary policy

Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - 2008

How many people should decide about monetary policy? In this paper, we take an empirical perspective on this issue, analyzing the relationship between the number of monetary policy decision-makers and monetary policy outcomes. Using a new data set that characterizes Monetary Policy Committees...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277737

Does central bank communication really lead to better forecasts of policy decisions? New evidence based on a Taylor rule model for the ECB

Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2009

central bank actions. We examine whether communication by the European Central Bank (ECB) adds information compared to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285832

Does central bank communication really lead to better forecasts of policy decisions? : new evidence based on a Taylor rule model for the ECB

Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2009

central bank actions. We examine whether communication by the European Central Bank (ECB) adds information compared to the … included in our Taylor rule model, the ECB communication indicators remain significant. -- ECB ; central bank ; communication …

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Central bank communication and monetary policy : a survey of theory and evidence

Blinder, Alan S.; Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel; … - 2008

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Optimal central bank conservatism and monopoly trade unions

Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten; Schöb, Ronnie - 2001

welfare gain associated with making the central bank less conservative than society, however if the outside option is in real … of central bank conservatism. …

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Restructuring the ECB

Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Inklaar, Robert - 2003

size and voting power. One way to implement this principle is a rotation scheme for national central bank governors that …

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Look who's talking : ECB communication during the first years of EMU

Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2004

This paper studies ECB and Bundesbank communication on monetary policy during the first years of the European Economic and Monetary Union. We study whether statements by different (groups of) central bankers have been contradictory and whether differences have diminished over time. We find that...

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One country, one vote? : labor market structure and voting rights in the ECB

Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten - 2004

distribution in the European Central Bank (ECB) council. We show that, in a model where labor unions internalize the inflationary …

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