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This paper argues that, despite the substantial independence offered by the Maastricht Treaty, the ESCB will wish to bind itself by a set of voluntary rules in the conduct of monetary policy. This binding will occur because of the demands of policy itself. The ESCB as such has no history of a...
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drawbacks the potential absence of accountability by the monetary authority. Then, beyond defining an alternative legal central … independence and accountability degrees. With that data, we confirm previous studies, showing evidence of a de jure negative … relationship between central bank independence and democratic accountability, though not as strong as it is usually argued. Still …
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A striking asymmetry defines the European Central Bank (ECB)’s approach to democratic accountability. Today’s ECB makes … time, the central bank continues to hew closely to the Treaty’s scarce democratic accountability provisions. In this … policy strategy has not been matched with enhanced accountability arrangements between the ECB and the European Parliament …
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stability. With growing powers, there is a correspondent demand for transparency of its decisions. This research presents an …, particularly the transparency of its decisions. The Ombudsman is an entity responsible for investigating complaints about poor … on expanding the transparency of monetary and financial governance in the eurozone. The Ombudsman tends to adopt …
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accountability through transparency leads to a lower expected rate of inflation and less stabilization of supply shocks …The first part of this paper outlines the concept of democratic accountability of central banks, and compares the legal … accountability of the ECB with some other central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the Federal Reserve …
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accountability forums between 2014 and 2021. The paper shows that there has been discursive convergence between central bankers and …
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accountability modalities. The paper highlights three findings. First, topics of accountability have changed. Climaterelated … accountability has increased quickly and dramatically since 2017. Second, if the relationship between price stability and climate …
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asymmetries by simply publishing information. This raises the question of the socially optimal degree of transparency in monetary …, we also examine the question of whether the transparency of the central bank's objectives is desirable from a social … asymmetries by simply publishing information. This raises the question of the socially optimal degree of transparency in monetary …
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stability. With growing powers, there is a correspondent demand for transparency of its decisions. This research presents an …, particularly the transparency of its decisions. The Ombudsman is an entity responsible for investigating complaints about poor … on expanding the transparency of monetary and financial governance in the eurozone. The Ombudsman tends to adopt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271250