- Andrea Colciago & Tiziano Ropele & V. Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli, 2008.
"The Role of Fiscal Policy in a Monetary Union: are National Automatic Stabilizers Effective?,"
Review of International Economics,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 16(3), pages 591-610, 08.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: See citations under working paper version above.
- Alex Cukierman & Anton Muscatelli, 2008.
"Nonlinear Taylor Rules and Asymmetric Preferences in Central Banking: Evidence from the United Kingdom and the United States,"
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics,
Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 8(1).
[Downloadable!]
Cited by:
- Michal Skorepa, 2008.
"A Simple, Model-Independent Analysis of Reasons for Non-Fulfillment of the Declared Inflation Target,"
Occasional Publications - Chapters in Edited Volumes,
in: Katerina Smidkova (ed.), Evaluation of the Fulfilment of the CNB's Inflation Targets 1998-2007, chapter 3, pages 35-46
Czech National Bank, Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
- Roman Horvath, 2008.
"Asymmetric Monetary Policy in the Czech Republic?,"
Occasional Publications - Chapters in Edited Volumes,
in: Katerina Smidkova (ed.), Evaluation of the Fulfilment of the CNB's Inflation Targets 1998-2007, chapter 9, pages 117-130
Czech National Bank, Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Julia Darby & V. Anton Muscatelli & Graeme Roy, 2005.
"Fiscal consolidation and decentralisation: a tale of two tiers,"
Fiscal Studies,
Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 26(2), pages 169-195, June.
Other versions: See citations under working paper version above.
- Darby, Julia & Li, Chol-Won & Muscatelli, V. Anton, 2004.
"Political uncertainty, public expenditure and growth,"
European Journal of Political Economy,
Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 153-179, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:
- V. Anton Muscatelli & Julia Darby & Chol-Won Li, .
"Political Uncertainty, Public Expenditure and Growth,"
Working Papers
9822, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow.
[Downloadable!]
- Darby, Julia & Li, Chol-Won & Muscatelli, v: Anton, 2000.
"Political Uncertainty, Public Expenditure and Growth,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich.
[Downloadable!]
See citations under working paper version above.
- Muscatelli, V. Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2004.
"Fiscal and monetary policy interactions: Empirical evidence and optimal policy using a structural New-Keynesian model,"
Journal of Macroeconomics,
Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 257-280, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: See citations under working paper version above.
- Jim Malley & Anton Muscatelli & Ulrich Woitek, 2003.
"Some new international comparisons of productivity performance at the sectoral level,"
Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series A,
Royal Statistical Society, vol. 166(1), pages 85-104.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Johannes Van Biesebroeck, 2007.
"Disaggregate Productivity Comparisons: Sectoral Convergence in OECD Countries,"
Working Papers
tecipa-290, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- V. Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 2002.
"Monetary Policy on the Road to EMU: The Dominance of External Constraints on Domestic Objectives,"
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,
ADRES, issue 67-68, pages 13, Juillet-D.
[Downloadable!]
Cited by:
- Maria Eleftheriou & Dieter Gerdesmeier & Barbara Roffia, 2006.
"Monetary policy rules in the pre-EMU era - Is there a common rule?,"
Working Paper Series
659, European Central Bank.
[Downloadable!]
- Carmine Trecroci & Matilde Vassalli, 2006.
"Monetary policy regime shifts: new evidence from time-varying interest rate rules,"
Working Papers
0602, University of Brescia, Department of Economics.
[Downloadable!]
- Muscatelli, V Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2002.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
Manchester School,
University of Manchester, vol. 70(4), pages 487-527, Special I.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:
- Anton Muscatelli & Patrzio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 1998.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform And Interest Rate Policy In The Oecd Countries,"
Working Papers
1999_20, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Jul 1999.
[Downloadable!]
- Muscatelli, V. Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2000.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich.
[Downloadable!]
See citations under working paper version above.
- Muscatelli, V Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio, 2001.
"Unemployment and Growth: Some Empirical Evidence from Structural Time Series Models,"
Applied Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 33(8), pages 1083-88, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Hiroaki Miyamoto & Yuya Takahashi, 2009.
"Technological Progress, On-the-Job Search, and Unemployment,"
ISER Discussion Paper
0734, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
[Downloadable!]
- Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Tselios, Vassilis, 2008.
"Inequalities in Income and Education and Regional Economic Growth in Western Europe,"
Papers
DYNREG34, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
[Downloadable!]
- Patrick Wilson & Simon Stevenson & Ralf Zurbruegg, 2007.
"Foreign Property Shocks and the Impact on Domestic Securitized Real Estate Markets: An Unobserved Components Approach,"
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics,
Springer, vol. 34(3), pages 407-424, April.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Sven Schreiber, 2009.
"Explaining shifts in the unemployment rate with productivity slowdowns and accelerations: a co-breaking approach,"
Kiel Working Papers
1505, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
[Downloadable!]
- V A Muscatelli., 1995.
"Flexibility, Structural Change and the Global Economy,"
Working Papers
9601, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Jan 1996.
[Downloadable!]
- Campbell leith & Chol-Won Li, 2001.
"Unemployment and the Productivity Slowdown: A Labour Supply Perspective,"
Working Papers
2001_13, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow.
[Downloadable!]
- Thomas B. King, 2005.
"Labor productivity and job-market flows: trends, cycles, and correlations,"
Supervisory Policy Analysis Working Papers
2005-04, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
[Downloadable!]
- Muscatelli, Anton & Trecroci, Carmine, 2000.
" Monetary Policy Rules, Policy Preferences, and Uncertainty: Recent Empirical Evidence,"
Journal of Economic Surveys,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(5), pages 597-627, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 2001.
"Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions over the Cycle: Some Empirical Evidence,"
Working Papers
2002_13, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Oct 2002.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Stefan Krause & Fabio Mendez, 2005.
"Institutions, Arrangements, and Preferences for Inflation Stability: Evidence and Lessons from a Panel Data Analysis,"
Emory Economics
0501, Department of Economics, Emory University (Atlanta).
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Muscatelli, V. Anton & Spinelli, Franco, 2000.
"The long-run stability of the demand for money: Italy 1861-1996,"
Journal of Monetary Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 45(3), pages 717-739, June.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Massimo Caruso, 2006.
"Stock market fluctuations and money demand in Italy, 1913-2003,"
Temi di discussione (Economic working papers)
576, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
- Muscatelli, V Anton, 1999.
"Inflation Contracts and Inflation Targets under Uncertainty: Why We Might Need Conservative Central Bankers,"
Economica,
London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 66(262), pages 241-54, May.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Bernhard Winkler, 2000.
"Which kind of transparency? On the need for clarity in monetary policy-making,"
Working Paper Series
26, European Central Bank.
[Downloadable!]
- Francisco J. Ruge-Murcia, 2001.
"Inflation Targeting Under Asymmetric Preferences,"
Banco de España Working Papers
0106, Banco de España.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Francisco Javier Ruge-Murcia, 2001.
"Inflation Targeting Under Asymmetric Preferences,"
IMF Working Papers
01/161, International Monetary Fund.
[Downloadable!]
- Ruge-Murcia, F.J., 2001.
"Inflation Targeting Under Asymmetric Preferences,"
Cahiers de recherche
2001-04, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
- Ruge-Murcia, Francisco J, 2003.
" Inflation Targeting under Asymmetric Preferences,"
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(5), pages 763-85, October.
- RUGE-MURCIA, Francisco .J., 2001.
"Inflation Targeting Under Asymmetric Preferences,"
Cahiers de recherche
2001-04, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
[Downloadable!]
- Sénégas, Marc-Alexandre & Vilmunen, Jouko, 1999.
"The Effects of Transmission Uncertainty on the Flexibility-Credibility Tradeoff in Monetary Policy,"
Research Discussion Papers
14/1999, Bank of Finland.
[Downloadable!]
- Ronald A. Ratti & Sang-Kun Bae, 2004.
"Inflation Contracts, Inflation and Exchange Rate Targeting, and Uncertain Central Bank Preferences,"
Working Papers
0422, Department of Economics, University of Missouri, revised 21 Dec 2004.
[Downloadable!]
- Giuseppe Ciccarone & Enrico Marchetti, 2008.
"Linear Contracts, Common Agency and Central Bank Preference Uncertainty,"
Working Papers
115, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Economics.
[Downloadable!]
- Francesco Salsano, 2005.
"Monetary Policy in the Presence Of Imperfect Observability Of The Objectives Of Central Bankers,"
Birkbeck Working Papers in Economics and Finance
0523, Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics.
[Downloadable!]
- Patrizio Tirelli, 1997.
"Dynamic Seigniorage Models Revisited. Should Fiscal Flexibility and Conservative Central Bankers Go Together?,"
Working Papers
19, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Feb 1999.
[Downloadable!]
- Georgios E. Chortareas & Stephen M. Miller, 2002.
"Central Banker Contracts, Incomplete Information, and Monetary Policy Surprises: In Search of a Selfish Central Banker?,"
Working papers
2002-29, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Chortareas, Georgios E & Miller, Stephen M, 2003.
" Central Banker Contracts, Incomplete Information, and Monetary Policy Surprises: In Search of a Selfish Central Banker?,"
Public Choice,
Springer, vol. 116(3-4), pages 271-95, September.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Muscatelli, V. Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2000.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Muscatelli, V Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2002.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
Manchester School,
University of Manchester, vol. 70(4), pages 487-527, Special I.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Anton Muscatelli & Patrzio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 1998.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform And Interest Rate Policy In The Oecd Countries,"
Working Papers
1999_20, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Jul 1999.
[Downloadable!]
- Diana N. Weymark, 2005.
"Inflation, Government Transfers, and Optimal Central Bank Independence,"
Working Papers
0502, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University.
[Downloadable!]
- V. Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 2002.
"Monetary Policy on the Road to EMU: The Dominance of External Constraints on Domestic Objectives,"
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,
ADRES, issue 67-68, pages 13, Juillet-D.
[Downloadable!]
- Diana N. Weymark, 2000.
"Inflation, Income Redistribution, and Optimal Central Bank Independence,"
Working Papers
0102, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, revised Mar 2002.
[Downloadable!]
- V. Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 1998.
"Institutional Change, Inflation Targeting and the Stability of Interest Rate Reaction Functions,"
Working Papers
9815, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Aug 1998.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Malley, Jim & Muscatelli, V. Anton, 1999.
"Business cycles and productivity growth: Are temporary downturns productive or wasteful?,"
Research in Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 53(4), pages 337-364, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions: See citations under working paper version above.
- Muscatelli, V Anton, 1998.
"Political Consensus, Uncertain Preferences, and Central Bank Independence,"
Oxford Economic Papers,
Oxford University Press, vol. 50(3), pages 412-30, July.
Other versions: See citations under working paper version above.
- Muscatelli, Anton, 1998.
"Optimal Inflation Contracts and Inflation Targets with Uncertain Central Bank Preferences: Accountability through Independence?,"
Economic Journal,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 108(447), pages 529-42, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Demertzis, Maria & Hughes Hallett, Andrew, 2002.
"Central Bank Transparency in Theory and Practice,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
3639, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:- Maria Demertzis & Andrew Hughes Hallet, 2003.
"Central Bank Transparency in Theory and Practice,"
DNB Staff Reports (discontinued)
105, Netherlands Central Bank.
[Downloadable!]
- Demertzis, Maria & Andrew Hughes Hallett, 2003.
"Central Bank Transparency in Theory and Practice,"
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003
56, Royal Economic Society.
[Downloadable!]
- Maria Demertzis & Andrew Hughes Hallett, 2004.
"Central bank transparency in theory and practice,"
Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2003
23, Money Macro and Finance Research Group.
[Downloadable!]
- Demertzis, Maria & Hughes Hallett, Andrew, 2007.
"Central Bank transparency in theory and practice,"
Journal of Macroeconomics,
Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 760-789, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- M. Demertzis & A. Hughes Hallet, 2002.
"Central Bank Transparency in Theory and Practice,"
WO Research Memoranda (discontinued)
704, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
- Hughes Hallett, Andrew & Viegi, Nicola, 2001.
"Credibility, Transparency and Asymmetric Information in Monetary Policy,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
2671, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Bernd Hayo & Carsten Hefeker, 2001.
"Do We Really Need Central Bank Independence? A Critical Re- examination,"
Macroeconomics
0103006, EconWPA.
[Downloadable!]
- Ronald A. Ratti & Sang-Kun Bae, 2004.
"Inflation Contracts, Inflation and Exchange Rate Targeting, and Uncertain Central Bank Preferences,"
Working Papers
0422, Department of Economics, University of Missouri, revised 21 Dec 2004.
[Downloadable!]
- Giuseppe Ciccarone & Enrico Marchetti, 2008.
"Linear Contracts, Common Agency and Central Bank Preference Uncertainty,"
Working Papers
115, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Economics.
[Downloadable!]
- Haan, J. de & Amtenbrink, F. & Eijffinger, S.C.W., 1998.
"Accountability of central banks : aspects and quantification,"
Discussion Paper
54, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
[Downloadable!]
- Ullrich, Katrin, 2003.
"Unabhängigkeit und Verantwortlichkeit der Europäischen Zentralbank,"
ZEW Discussion Papers
03-65, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
[Downloadable!]
- Francesco Lippi, 1999.
"Median Voter Preferences, Central Bank Independence and Conservatism,"
Temi di discussione (Economic working papers)
351, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Lippi, Francesco, 2000.
" Median Voter Preferences, Central Bank Independence and Conservatism,"
Public Choice,
Springer, vol. 105(3-4), pages 323-38, December.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Lippi, F., 1999.
"Median Voter Preferences, Central Bank Independence and Conservatis,"
Papers
351, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi.
- Georgios E. Chortareas & Stephen M. Miller, 2002.
"Central Banker Contracts, Incomplete Information, and Monetary Policy Surprises: In Search of a Selfish Central Banker?,"
Working papers
2002-29, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Chortareas, Georgios E & Miller, Stephen M, 2003.
" Central Banker Contracts, Incomplete Information, and Monetary Policy Surprises: In Search of a Selfish Central Banker?,"
Public Choice,
Springer, vol. 116(3-4), pages 271-95, September.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Faust, Jon & Svensson, Lars E O, 1999.
"The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
2195, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:- Faust, Jon & Svensson, Lars E O, 2002.
"The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy,"
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 34(2), pages 520-39, May.
- Faust, J. & Svensson, L.E.O., 1999.
"The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy,"
Papers
669, Stockholm - International Economic Studies.
- Jon Faust & Lars E.O. Svensson, 1999.
"The equilibrium degree of transparency and control in monetary policy,"
International Finance Discussion Papers
651, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
[Downloadable!]
- Svensson, Lars & Faust, Jon, 1999.
"The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy,"
Seminar Papers
669, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
[Downloadable!]
- Jon Faust & Lars E.O. Svensson, 1999.
"The Equilibrium Degree of Transparency and Control in Monetary Policy,"
NBER Working Papers
7152, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Muscatelli, V. Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2000.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions:- Muscatelli, V Anton & Tirelli, Patrizio & Trecroci, Carmine, 2002.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform and Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries,"
Manchester School,
University of Manchester, vol. 70(4), pages 487-527, Special I.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Anton Muscatelli & Patrzio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 1998.
"Does Institutional Change Really Matter? Inflation Targets, Central Bank Reform And Interest Rate Policy In The Oecd Countries,"
Working Papers
1999_20, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Jul 1999.
[Downloadable!]
- Maria Demertzis & Andrew Hughes Hallet, 2004.
"Rational Ambiguity and Monitoring the Central Bank,"
WO Research Memoranda (discontinued)
759, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Demertzis, Maria & Hughes Hallett, Andrew, 2005.
"Forming Rational Expectations and When it is Right to be 'Wrong',"
CEPR Discussion Papers
5042, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Nolan, C. & Chadha, J.S., 1999.
"Inflation Targeting, Transparency and Interest Rate Volatility: Ditching 'Monetary Mystique' in the UK,"
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
9921, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Reiner Eichenberger & Sergio Rossi, 2004.
"Die Deregulierung der Zentralbanken: Auf zu einem internationalen Markt für gute Geldpolitik!,"
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES),
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 140(III), pages 327-353, September.
[Downloadable!]
- Meixing Dai & Eleftherios Spyromitros, 2009.
"Accountability and Transparency about Central Bank Preferences for Model Robustness,"
Working Papers of BETA
2009-18, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg.
[Downloadable!]
- Berthold Herrendorf & Manfred J.M. Neumann, 2003.
"The Political Economy of Inflation, Labour Market Distortions and Central Bank Independence,"
Economic Journal,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 113(484), pages 43-64, January.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Giuseppe Ciccarone & Enrico Marchetti, 2008.
"Revisiting the role of multiplicative uncertainty in a model without inflationary bias,"
Working Papers
110, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Economics.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Xavier Debrun & Paul R. Masson & Catherine A. Pattillo, 2003.
"Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?,"
IMF Working Papers
02/226, International Monetary Fund.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Eijffinger, Sylvester C W & Geraats, Petra M, 2002.
"How Transparent are Central Banks?,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
3188, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Other versions:- Eijffinger, Sylvester C.W. & Geraats, Petra M., 2006.
"How transparent are central banks?,"
European Journal of Political Economy,
Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 1-21, March.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Eijffinger, S.C.W. & Geraats, P.M., 2004.
"How Transparent Are Central Banks?,"
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
0411, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
[Downloadable!]
- Marcello D'Amato & Riccardo Martina, 2000.
"Credibility and Commitment of Monetary Policy in Open Economies,"
CSEF Working Papers
47, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Francesca Castellani, 2001.
"Central Bank Independence and Accountability Under Complete Information,"
HEI Working Papers
05-2001, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
[Downloadable!]
- Xavier Debrun & Francesca Castellani, 2001.
"Central Bank Independence and the Design of Fiscal Institutions,"
IMF Working Papers
01/205, International Monetary Fund.
[Downloadable!]
- V. Anton Muscatelli & Patrizio Tirelli & Carmine Trecroci, 1998.
"Institutional Change, Inflation Targeting and the Stability of Interest Rate Reaction Functions,"
Working Papers
9815, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Aug 1998.
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Eric Le Borgne & Gauti B. Eggertsson, 2003.
"A Political Agency Theory of Central Bank Independence,"
IMF Working Papers
03/144, International Monetary Fund.
[Downloadable!]
- Gauti Eggertsson & Eric Le Borgne, 2005.
"The politics of central bank independence: a theory of pandering and learning in government,"
Staff Reports
205, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
[Downloadable!]
- Demertzis, Maria & Hughes Hallett, Andrew, 2003.
"Three Models of Imperfect Transparency in Monetary Policy,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
4117, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
- Muscatelli, Vito Antonio & Spinelli, Franco, 1996.
"Gibson's Paradox and Policy Regimes: A Comparison of the Experience in the US, UK and Italy,"
Scottish Journal of Political Economy,
Scottish Economic Society, vol. 43(4), pages 468-92, September.
Cited by:
- Anton Muscatelli, 1996.
"Political Consensus, Uncertain Preferences and Central Bank Independence,"
Working Papers
9615, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, revised Nov 1996.
Other versions: - Halicioglu, Ferda, 2004.
"The Gibson Paradox: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey,"
MPRA Paper
3556, University Library of Munich, Germany.
[Downloadable!]
- Hurn, A Stan & Moody, Terry & Muscatelli, V Anton, 1995.
"The Term Structure of Interest Rates in the London Interbank Market,"
Oxford Economic Papers,
Oxford University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 419-36, July.
Cited by:
- Silva Lopes, Artur C. & M. Monteiro, Olga Susana, 2007.
"The expectations hypothesis of the term structure: some empirical evidence for Portugal,"
MPRA Paper
3437, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Other versions: - S. Lardic & V. Mignon, 2002.
"Fractional cointegration and term structure of interest rates,"
THEMA Working Papers
2002-28, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
[Downloadable!]
- Bredin, Don, 2001.
"Alternative Tests of the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Interest Rates,"
Research Technical Papers
2/RT/01, Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland (CBFSAI).
[Downloadable!]
- Jelena Zubkova, 2003.
"Interest Rate Term Structure in Latvia in the Monetary Policy Context,"
Working Papers
2003/03, Latvijas Banka.
[Downloadable!]
- Bredin, Don & Cuthbertson, Keith, 2000.
"The Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure: The Case of Ireland,"
Research Technical Papers
1/RT/00, Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland (CBFSAI).
[Downloadable!]
Other versions: - Jondeau, E. & Sedillot, F., 1998.
"La prevision des taux longs français et allemands a partir d'un modele a anticipations rationnelles,"
Documents de Travail
55, Banque de France.
[Downloadable!]
- Eric Jondeau & Roland Ricart, 1998.
"La théorie des anticipations de la structure par terme : test à partir de titres publics français,"
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,
ADRES, issue 52, pages 01, Octobre-D.
[Downloadable!]
- Silva Lopes, Artur C. B. da & Monteiro, Olga Susana, 2008.
"Short and long run tests of the expectations hypothesis: the Portuguese case,"
MPRA Paper
12001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
[Downloadable!]
- Eric Jondeau, 2001.
"La théorie des anticipations de la structure par terme permet-elle de rendre compte de l'évolution des taux d'intérêt sur euro-devise ?,"
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,
ADRES, issue 62, pages 08, Avril-Jui.
[Downloadable!]
- Muscatelli, Vito Antonio & Stevenson, Andrew A & Montagna, Catia, 1995.
"Modeling Aggregate Manufactured Exports for Some Asian Newly Industrialized Economies,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics,
MIT Press, vol. 77(1), pages 147-55, February.
[Downloadable!] (restricted)
Cited by:
- Andreas Benedictow, 2000.
"An Econometric Analysis of Exports of Metals: Product Differentiation and Limited Output Capacity,"
Discussion Papers
287, Research Department of Statistics Norway.
[Downloadable!]
- Morris Goldstein, 2004.
"Adjusting China's Exchange Rate Policies,"
Peterson Institute Working Paper Series
WP04-1, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
[Downloadable!]
- Alan King, 2000.
"Modelling manufactured exports in Europe: a two-regime approach,"
Journal of International Trade & Economic Development,
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