CBI is the seemed contradiction between independence and democracy, known as the problem of accountability of the monetary … democracy. This would, in turn, attribute to reconciling the presumed contradiction between CBI and democracy, besides … disentangling the impact of independence and transparency on democracy. To this end, we regress democracy on both CBI and CB …

CBI is the seemed contradiction between independence and democracy, known as the problem of accountability of the monetary … democracy. This would, in turn, attribute to reconciling the presumed contradiction between CBI and democracy, besides … disentangling the impact of independence and transparency on democracy. To this end, we regress democracy on both CBI and CB …

Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

bankers to explain their monetary policy decisions in detail and for them to publish inflation forecasts. This leads to the … question of how central bank transparency is entangled with price stability and inflation volatility. A plethora of studies … transparency leads to lower inflation, others concluded that openness of central banks results in higher prices. Conversely, there …

What can account for the different contemporaneous inflation experiences of various countries, and of the same country … over time? We present an analysis of the determination of inflation from a political economy perspective. We document a … positive correlation between income inequality and inflation and then present a theory of the determination of inflation …