In this paper we investigate the effect of central bank transparency on survey forecasts. Similar to Ehrmann et al …. (2010), we find that greater transparency can reduce the degree of disagreement across individual forecasters and it can … various aspects of transparency separately and to assign weights to them reflecting their relative importance in reducing …

We characterize the price-transparency role of benchmarks in over-the-counter markets. A benchmark can, under … dealers and customers, and reducing search costs. Although the market transparency promoted by benchmarks reduces dealers …

externality: if speculators refrain from trading, hedgers do the same, depressing the asset price. Market transparency reinforces … disclosure of fundamentals and trading transparency. Issuers may either under- or over-provide information compared to the …

We explore whether the transparency in banks' lending activities enhances the harmonization of credit terms that a bank … information on loan characteristics and performance. We find that loans originated under the transparency regime share more … convergence in their credit terms, suggesting that transparency facilitates learning across a bank's different geographic regions …

We explore whether the transparency in banks' lending activities enhances the harmonization of credit terms that a bank … information on loan characteristics and performance. We find that loans originated under the transparency regime share more … convergence in their credit terms, suggesting that transparency facilitates learning across a bank's different geographic regions …

-and-mortar stores. Using data collected before and after a transparency regulation went into effect in the Israeli food retail market … in price dispersion and a 4% to 5% drop in prices following the transparency regulation. The price drop varied across …

evil. Transparency allows for influential communication to external parties, but constrains internal communication …