Does central bank independence reflect monetary commitment properly? Methodical considerations

Central bank independence (CBI) has attracted much attention in economics and politics in recent years. The concept is based on the political economy literature on monetary policy. In this paper, we argue that CBI is an incomplete approximation to legal monetary commitment. We first discuss the nat...

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Main Author: Andreas Freytag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-04-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9931