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How Much Does the Public Know about the ECB's Monetary Policy? Evidence from a Survey of Dutch Households
van der Cruijsen, Carin - 2011
Does the general public know what central banks do? Is this kind of knowledge relevant? Using a survey of Dutch households, we investigate these questions for the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). Our findings suggest that knowledge on the ECB's objectives is far from perfect. Both a weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132595
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How Much Does the Public Know About the ECB's Monetary Policy? Evidence from a Survey of Duch Households
van der Cruijsen, Carin - 2011
Does the general public know what central banks do? Is this kind of knowledge relevant? Using a survey of Dutch households, we investigate these questions for the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). Our findings suggest that knowledge on the ECB's objectives is far from perfect. Both a weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119263
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What drives trust in the financial sector supervisor? New empirical evidence
van der Cruijsen, Carin; Doll, Maurice; de Haan, Jakob - 2022
Using a survey among more than 2,000 consumers in the Netherlands, we examine the drivers of trust in the financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014239615
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The role of central bank knowledge and trust for the public's inflation expectations
Mellina, Sathya; Schmidt, Tobias - 2018
Since the financial crisis, central banks have stressed the role of trust and communication in connection with their objectives and strategies for aligning the public's inflation expectations with their own and, consequently, improving the effectiveness of monetary policy. Assessing how much the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897980
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Medium- vs. short-term consumer inflation expectations : evidence from a new euro area survey
Stanisławska, Ewa; Paloviita, Maritta - 2021
Using the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey, this paper investigates how consumers revise medium-term inflation expectations. We provide robust evidence of their adjustment to the current economic developments. In particular, consumers adjust medium-term inflation views in response to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581469
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Credibility and Transparency of Central Banks : New Results Based on Ifo's World Economic Survey
de Haan, Jakob; Waller, Sandra - 2021
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/10013319246
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Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected public trust? Evidence for the US and the Netherlands
van der Cruijsen, Carin; de Haan, Jakob; Jonker, Nicole - 2021
, and other people in the United States and the Netherlands, and analyse whether the COVID-19 pandemic has affected public … and the Netherlands. However, trust in BigTechs and trust in other people declined in both countries, especially in the US … across the US and the Netherlands, but for both countries we find evidence that individuals with poor health have lower …
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Inflation Expectations of Experts and ECB Communication
Ullrich, Katrin - 2008
The communication policy of the European Central Bank attracts a lot of attention from financial markets. This paper analyses the informational content of the monthly introductory statements of the ECB president explaining interest rate decisions with regard to inflation expectations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726274
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Breaking Monetary Policy News : The Role of Mass Media Coverage of ECB Announcements for Public Inflation Expectations
Hirsch, Patrick; Feld, Lars P.; Koehler, Ekkehard A. - 2023
Using the variation in national television news of four major member states in the Eurozone, we find causal effects of coverage of high-frequency identified monetary policy announcements on households’ inflation expectations in an event study and a generalized Difference-in-Differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260707
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Breaking monetary policy news : the role of mass media coverage of ECB announcements for public inflation expectations
Hirsch, Patrick; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2023
Using the variation in national television news of four major member states in the Eurozone, we find causal effects of coverage of high-frequency identified monetary policy announcements on households' inflation expectations in an event study and a generalized Difference-in-Differences approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013550202