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The role of political institutions for the effectiveness of central bank independence
Hielscher, Kai; Markwardt, Gunther - 2011
independence and inflation. Making use of data on the evolution of central bank independence over time and controlling for possible … country's inflation performance. Examining a cross-section of up to 69 countries, we are able to show that granting a central … bank more autonomy does not necessarily lead to better inflation performance. To lower inflation by increasing independence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274749
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Inflation in Developing Countries: Does Central Bank Independence Matter?
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2001
We analyse whether central bank independence (CBI) affects inflation in developing countries. For this purpose we have … after high inflation countries are added to the sample. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315122
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Does High Inflation Cause Central Bankers to Lose Their Job? Evidence Based on a New Data Set
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2021
to the share of the term in office elapsed, political and regime instability, the occurrence of elections, and inflation … independence. This is confirmed in models for cross-section inflation in which TOR becomes insignificant once its endogeneity is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316991
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Monetary Commitment, Institutional Constraints and Inflation : Empirical Evidence for OECD Countries Since the 1970s
Freytag, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
Central bank independence (CBI) is a very important precondition for price stability. However, the empirical evidence for a correlation between both is relatively weak. In this paper, this weakness is countered with a) an extended measure of monetary commitment, which includes well-known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317032
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How to Escape from the Debt Trap: Lessons from the Past
Mayer, Thomas; Schnabl, Gunther - 2021
precedents and proposals have included austerity, haircuts and the generation of inflation. Each way has advantages and …, hyperinflation in Germany after World War I, inflation in Argentina since the 1980s, currency reform in Germany after WW II, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582141
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Central bank independence and conservatism under uncertainty: Substitutes or complements?
Hefeker, Carsten; Zimmer, Blandine - 2011
The paper examines the optimal combination of central bank independence and conservatism in the presence of uncertain central bank preferences. We develop a model of endogenous monetary policy delegation in which government chooses the central bank's degree of inde-pendence and conservatism so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274857
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Connected Lending of Last Resort
Mitchener, Kris James; Monnet, Eric - 2023
Because of secrecy, little is known about the political economy of central bank lending. Utilizing a novel, hand-collected historical daily dataset on loans to commercial banks, we analyze how personal connections matter for lending of last resort, highlighting the importance of governance for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290136
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An Empirical Investigation into Exchange Rate Regime Choice and Exchange Rate Volatility
Berger, Helge; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2000
We test a simple model of exchange rate regime choice with data for 65 non-OECD countries covering the period 1980-94.We find that the variance of output at home and in potential target c ountries as well as the correlation between home and foreign real activity are powerful and robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314876
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Stable Money and Central Bank Independence: Implementing Monetary Institutions in Postwar Germany
Hefeker, Carsten - 2019
Germany prides itself in having one of the most successful central banks and currencies with respect to independence and stability. I show that not only were both imposed on the country after 1945 but that there was also initial resistance to both among German experts and officials. This is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141093
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The effect of monetary unification on public debt and its real return
Beetsma, Roel; Vermeylen, Koen - 2005
We explore the implications of monetary unification for real interest rates and (relative) public debt levels. The adoption of a common monetary policy renders the risk-return characteristics of the participating countries more similar, so that the substitutability of their public debt increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261138