The practice of monetary policy has evolved a great deal since the early 1990s. This evolution was significantly influenced by rapid developments in the theory of monetary policy. A new consensus about 'principles-based' monetary policy appears to be emerging. It marries a firm long-term anchor...

The practice of monetary policy has evolved a great deal since the early 1990s. This evolution was significantly influenced by rapid developments in the theory of monetary policy. A new consensus about 'principles-based' monetary policy appears to be emerging. It marries a firm long-term anchor...

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Traditionally, the literature on seigniorage has mentioned different concepts of measuring seigniorage, most prominently the monetary concept and the opportunity cost concept. The relationship between different concepts of seigniorage has never been settled clearly. This paper discusses...

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This paper analyzes the change of the output-inflation trade-off in Switzerland over time. Three approaches are used. A traditional equation and a structural vectorautoregressive model are estimated with a moving local regression method. Furthermore, a dummy variable method is applied. The...