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panel regressions, the paper finds a negative relationship between legal central bank independence (CBI) and inflation. This … result holds for three alternative measures of CBI, and after controlling for international inflation, banking crises, and … paper fails, however, to find a causal relationship running from CBI to inflation. …
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correlated with low inflation rates. By taking the endogeneity of CBI into account, however, there is no reason to believe the … correlation between CBI and low inflation tells us anything about causality. …
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This paper provides an overview of central banking arrangements in those European countries that have adopted the euro. Issues addressed include the structure of the “Eurosystem” and its central banking functions, the kind of independence granted to the system and the role of monetary policy...
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This paper shows theoretically that inefficient public expenditure can be institutionally curtailed by an independent central bank. An advantage of our analysis is to employ a two-country model with cash-in- advance constraints. The model can deal with fiscal policy as well as monetary policy...
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economic theory had no decisive influence on the outcome, the central bank’s role as a political actor in its own right and in …
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This paper challenges the time-inconsistency case for central bank independence. It argues that the time-inconsistency literature not only seriously confuses the substance of the rules versus discretion debate, but also posits an implausible view of monetary policy. Most worrisome, the...
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This study attempts to examine the minimum requirements for adopting an inflation targeting framework in Malawi. First …, we examined four pre- requisites of an inflation targeting framework: a fairy long track record of low and stable … inflation; a degree of independence; having a sole target; and the existence of a predictable and stable relationships between …
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equities fail the test as inflation hedges, as had been quite widely believed, but that they take so long to pass. …
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El tema de la inflación ha sido uno de los más debatidos en los últimos meses. Los incrementos de precios registrados en el primer trimestre de 2005 han avivado la discusión. Este trabajo muestra que el problema está lejos de estar fuera de control y que determinadas medidas de política...
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based on the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level (FTPL). The re sults show that a credibly fixed exchange rate is inconsistent …
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