drawbacks the potential absence of accountability by the monetary authority. Then, beyond defining an alternative legal central … independence and accountability degrees. With that data, we confirm previous studies, showing evidence of a de jure negative … relationship between central bank independence and democratic accountability, though not as strong as it is usually argued. Still …

A striking asymmetry defines the European Central Bank (ECB)’s approach to democratic accountability. Today’s ECB makes … time, the central bank continues to hew closely to the Treaty’s scarce democratic accountability provisions. In this … policy strategy has not been matched with enhanced accountability arrangements between the ECB and the European Parliament …

stability. With growing powers, there is a correspondent demand for transparency of its decisions. This research presents an …, particularly the transparency of its decisions. The Ombudsman is an entity responsible for investigating complaints about poor … on expanding the transparency of monetary and financial governance in the eurozone. The Ombudsman tends to adopt …

accountability through transparency leads to a lower expected rate of inflation and less stabilization of supply shocks …The first part of this paper outlines the concept of democratic accountability of central banks, and compares the legal … accountability of the ECB with some other central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the Federal Reserve …

accountability forums between 2014 and 2021. The paper shows that there has been discursive convergence between central bankers and …