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Monetary commitment, institutional constraints and inflation : empirical evidence for OECD countries since the 1970s
Freytag, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497804
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Monetary policy in Turkey after Central Bank independence
Gürkaynak, Refet S.; Kantur, Zeynep; Taş, M. Anil; … - 2015
inflation targeter early in this period but began to pay less attention to inflation after 2009. Loss of the strong nominal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375680
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Central bank digital currency : when price and bank stability collide
Schilling, Linda; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Uhlig, … - 2020
A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, may provide an attractive alternative to traditional demand deposits held in private banks. When offering CBDC accounts, the central bank needs to confront classic issues of banking: conducting maturity transformation while providing liquidity to private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388179
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Does conservatism matter? : a time series approach to central banking
Berger, Helge; Woitek, Ulrich - 1999
negatively correlated with inflation and inflation variance across countries. But the cross-country approach has been criticised … economy, higher output and somewhat lower inflation. We also investigate the interaction between the central bank and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781685
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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
This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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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/10009012047
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Central Bank Financial Strength and Policy Performance
Stella, Peter - 2008
The financial health of central banks and its relation to policy outcomes has recently been recognized as an important policy issue. While case study evidence clearly indicates that weak central bank finances can hamper effective policy implementation, the question of whether central bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677632
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Central Bank Financial Strength and Policy Performance : An Econometric Evaluation
Stella, Peter - 2008
particular inflation. The paper's major finding is that there indeed is a negative relationship between central bank financial … strength and inflation outcomes. This relationship appears to be robust to the choice of alternative country samples, control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409048
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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/10012119851
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Connected lending of last resort
Mitchener, Kris; 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/10013494187