Berggren, Niclas; Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Hellström, Jörgen - In: European Journal of Political Economy 34 (2014) C, pp. 425-439
credibility (or lack-of-trust) problem for monetary policy. This indicates a possible and until now unexplored link between social … trust and central-bank independence. Our empirical findings, based on data from 149 countries, confirm such a link, in the … and the ability with which it can be implemented. At low trust, the need for central-bank independence is sufficiently …