Dinger, Valeriya; Steinkamp, Sven; Westermann, Frank - 2012 - Last Revision: November 29, 2012, First Draft: October 31, 2012
of the two elements leads to an inflation bias that is independent of the standard time-inconsistency bias. Secondly, we … an independent monetary policy. We find that inflation was the main determinant of central bank credit prior to 2007 …. After 2007, it closely follows unemployment in the respective countries. -- tragedy of the commons ; inflation bias ; credit …