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Central Bank transparency and financial stability : measurement, determinants and effects
Horváth, Roman; Vasko, Dan - 2013
We develop a comprehensive index of the transparency of central banks regarding their policy framework to promote … financial stability for 110 countries from 2000 to 2011 and examine the determinants and effects of this transparency. We find … that the degree of transparency increased in the 2000s, though it still varied greatly across the countries in our study …
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The quest for global monetary policy coordination
Bruni, Franco; Siaba Serrate, José; Villafranca, Antonio - 2018
This paper puts forward a proposal to help monetary policies confront the challenge of the "normalisation" of money creation and interest rates. The difficult unwinding of years of unorthodox policies put financial stability at risk in major monetary centres and in EMEs. The authors argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885373
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The quest for global monetary policy coordination
Bruni, Franco; Siaba Serrate, José; Villafranca, Antonio - 2019
This paper puts forward a proposal to help monetary policies confront the challenge of the “normalisation” of money creation and interest rates. The difficult unwinding of years of unorthodox policies put financial stability at risk in major monetary centres and in EMEs. The authors argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955414
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Climate change as a systemic risk : are macroprudential authorities up to the task?
Grünewald, Seraina Neva - 2020
There is growing acknowledgement among policymakers that climate change may give rise to potentially catastrophic financial risk and impact financial stability. This paper explores the specific features of climate-related financial risks (CRFR), drawing on a growing body of macrofinancial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427917
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Adaptive early warning systems : an axiomatic approach
Bhimjee, Diptes C. P. - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 11 (2022) 2, pp. 145-164
The U.S. Subprime Crisis and the subsequent Great Recession have highlighted a renewed interest in the proper design and implementation of Early Warning Systems (E.W.S.), in order to help deter the onset of subsequent extreme financial events, through the implementation of adequate crisis...
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Does social trust speed up reforms? : the case of central-bank independence
Berggren, Niclas; Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Hellström, Jörgen - 2015
Many countries have undertaken central-bank independence reforms, but the years of implementation differ. What explains such differences in timing? This is of interest more broadly, as it sheds light on factors that matter for the speed at which economic reforms come about. We study a rich set...
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Macroprudential policy in the New Keynesian world
Gersbach, Hans; Hahn, Volker; Liu, Yulin - 2018
We integrate banks and the coexistence of bank and bond financing into an otherwise standard New Keynesian framework. There are two policy-makers: a central banker, who can decide on short-term nominal interest rates, and a macroprudential policy-maker, who can vary aggregate capital...
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Inflation targeting as a shock absorber
Fratzscher, Marcel; Große Steffen, Christoph; Rieth, Malte - 2018
We study the characteristics of inflation targeting as a shock absorber, using quarterly data for a large panel of countries. To overcome an endogeneity problem between monetary regimes and the likelihood of crises, we propose to study large natural disasters. We find that inflation targeting...
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CBDC : a systemic perspective
Bofinger, Peter; Haas, Thomas - 2020 - Preliminary version
In this study, we provide a systemic perspective on central bank digital currencies (CBDC). We separate existing proposals for CBDCs into the perspective of new payment objects, made available by central banks to a broader public, and new payment systems, operated by central banks. From a...
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Central banks and inflation : where do we stand and how did we get here?
Whelan, Karl - 2021
The inability of central banks to attain their target inflation rates in recent years has raised questions about the extent to which central banks can control the inflation process. This paper discusses the evolution of thought and evidence since the 1960s on the determinants of inflation and...
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