Eschweiler, Bernard; Bordo, Michael D. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 1996
Theories of rules and discretion have become a corner stone in the formulation of macroeconomic policy. They suggest … that monetary policy rules are first best in terms of social welfare. However, if commitment is not feasible, delegating … one hundred years provides an excellent case to assess the empirical evidence on the use of rules and central bank …