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This paper investigates the characteristics of central bank websites across a large sample of central banks. We systematically derive and quantify these characteristics across three dimensions: text, visual presentation, and website performance. We then conduct a survey to isolate the main...
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In this paper we examine a model where firms decide on the intensity of information acquisition about shocks. We analyze how the monetary policy framework impacts on the aggregate amount of information collected by firms. We show that it is socially beneficial to delegate monetary policy to a...
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This study examines monetary policy and central bank communication when a monetary instrument signals the central bank …
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finite number of ``clusters” and to communicate to the public to which cluster the state belongs. Optimal communication is …
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model of communication in games and investigate the importance of when communication takes place. Sending a message before … are believed whenever possible. Applying our results to Aumann's Stag Hunt game we find that communication is useless if …
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The paper analyzes the role of the structure of communication - i.e. who is talking with whom - on the choice of … messages, on their credibility and on actual play. We run an experiment in a three-player coordination game with Pareto ranked … analysis of credibility, the subjects should communicate and play the Pareto optimal equilibrium only when communication is …
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We quantify the informational content of statements issued by the interest-rate setting committee of the Central Bank of Brazil (COPOM), building on the methodology developed by Lucca and Trebbi (2011). Using Google search queries, we measure the extent to which each COPOM statement is perceived...
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This paper summarizes the results of a Survey on Monetary policy Communication conducted among central banks in Central … transparency and communication strategies of the central banks. The results of the Survey reveal that today the central banks pay … process. The overall conclusion of the Monetary policy communication Survey is that the communication and the transparency of …
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central banks. Overall, our results suggest that central bank communication contains systematic biases that could lead to …
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. This article surveys a rapidly-growing literature on central bank communication with the public. We first discuss why and … how such communication is more challenging than communicating with expert audiences. Then we survey the empirical evidence …
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