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Through an investigation of selected jurisdictions, this paper aims to contribute to the extant literature in investigating the relationship between central bank independence and price stability, as well as how such a relationship varies between different jurisdictions – even though it is...
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Most explanations for the necessity of an independent central bank rely on the time-inconsistency model and therefore assume that governments are weak, foolish, or untruthful and tend to cheat people. The model in this paper indicates, however, that an independent central bank is not necessary...
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An alternative theoretical setting is presented to characterise the money demand and the monetary equilibrium. Two main hypotheses are stated that contradict the assumptions normally sustained by scholars and policy-makers: National output is assumed to be a random variable, and people are...
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This work compares the effectiveness of quantity-based and price-based monetary policies in China using FAVAR. This … information in the analysis. It is found that effects of tightening monetary policies in China follow largely the stylized facts …
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As an innovator in the financial system, China was the first to use paper currency. Eventually the form of currency was … correlation between China’s structure and the European Union’s structure provides opportunities for further study to determine …
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Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such...
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Any attempt to model monetary policy in China has to take into account two ‘specifics’ of the Chinese monetary policy … People’s Bank of China, i.e. the two intermediate targets - the exchange rate and the money growth. In this paper we analyze … monetary policy in China using a small, three-equation New Keynesian model, considering these issues as follows: first, the …
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The hybrid New Keynesian Phillips curve has been criticized for lacking a micro-foundation. In this paper, an alternative purely forward-looking model of the Phillips curve is constructed on the basis of a micro-foundation of trend inflation. In addition, another source of output gaps other than...
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On the basis of an overview of theoretical and empirical studies on central banks’ independence, the paper assesses the independence of the central banks of the former USSR republics including the RF, as well as those of East European countries. An analysis of the potential existence of a...
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Employing data from 13 Latin American countries, we find that greater central bank independence is associated with lesser intervention in the foreign exchange market, and also with leaning-against-the-wind intervention. We also find that the structural reforms that occurred in Latin America...
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