Modern theory has delivered both the conservative central banker and the principal-agent approaches as rationales for …

credibility). We then use panel VARs based on both factor models and observed data to ascertain the impact of global shocks …, financial shocks, trade shocks and credibility shocks on the EMEs versus the AEs.We find that although some EMEs did maintain … resilience to shocks and in the quality of their governance. Moreover it appears that CB credibility in EMEs was more fragile …

governors suffer from a generic credibility problem. Federal Reserve chairman appointments stand out in terms of their unusually …

A new measure of credibility is constructed as a function of the differential between observed inflation and some … estimate of the inflation rate that the central bank targets. The target is assumed to be met flexibly. Credibility is … credibility and central banks with strong institutional feaures tend to do better when hit by a shock of the magnitude of the 2007 …

This paper examines the historical evolution of central bank credibility using both historical narrative and empirics … for a group of 16 countries, both advanced and emerging. It shows how the evolution of credibility has gone through a … pendulum where credibility was high under the classical gold standard before 1914 before being lost and not fully regained …

loss of credibility is found. Second, the frequency with which the world economy experiences economic and financial crises …In this paper we provide empirical measures of central bank credibility and augment these with historical narratives … their role in influencing the credibility of the monetary authority. We focus on measures of inflation expectations, the …

Central bank credibility plays a pivotal role in much of the modern literature on monetary policy, yet it is difficult … important issues: why credibility matters, and how credibility can be built. The central bankers' answers are compared with the …