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How to Reduce Inflation : An Independent Central Bank or a Currency Board? The Experience of the Baltic Countries
de Haan, Jakob; Berger, Helge; van Fraassen, Erik - 2011
Countries in transition often face high levels of inflation. This paper discusses two ways to reduce inflation: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014130902
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Central bank independence : an update of theory and evidence
Berger, Helge - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013422985
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Central bank independence : an update of theory and evidence
Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Eijffinger, Sylvester C. W. - In: Journal of economic surveys 15 (2001) 1, pp. 3-40
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Central bank independence : an update of theory and evidence
Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Eijffinger, Sylvester C. W. - 2000
and conservativeness, the literature on optimal inflation contracts is discussed, followed by research in which the … are reviewed. We conclude that the negative relationship between CBI and inflation is quite robust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001459495
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Central Bank Independence : An Update of Theory and Evidence
Berger, Helge; de Haan, Jakob; Eijffinger, Sylvester C. W. - 2021
and conservativeness, the literature on optimal inflation contracts is discussed, followed by research in which the … are reviewed. We conclude that the negative relationship between CBI and inflation is quite robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321176
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Is the ECB too decentralized?
Haan, Jakob de; Berger, Helge; Inklaar, Robert - In: European monetary integration, (pp. 71-97). 2004
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The ECB’s Monetary Analysis Revisited
Berger, Helge; Harjes, Thomas; Stavrev, Emil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Monetary aggregates continue to play an important role in the ECB's policy strategy. This paper revisits the case for money, surveying the ongoing theoretical and empirical debate. The key conclusion is that an exclusive focus on non-monetary factors alone may leave the ECB with an incomplete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599686
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Optimal central bank conservatism and monopoly trade unions
Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten; Schöb, Ronnie - 2001
actually be welfare reducing if the trade union has an exogenously given preference against inflation. We reframe this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397779
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Optimal central bank conservatism and monopoly trade unions
Berger, Helge (contributor); Hefeker, Carsten (contributor);  … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
actually be welfare reducing if the trade union has an exogenously given preference against inflation. We reframe this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001598880
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Too many cooks? : committees in monetary policy
Berger, Helge (contributor); Nitsch, Volker (contributor) - 2008
-shaped relation between the membership size of MPCs and inflation; our results suggest that the lowest level of inflation is reached … at MPCs with about seven to ten members. Similar results are obtained for other measures, such as inflation variability …. -- Central bank design ; monetary policy committee ; central bank board ; central bank council ; governance ; inflation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726105