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Central bank institutional structure and effective central banking: cross-country empirical evidence

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Hasan , Iftekhar () (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bank of Finland)
Mester, Loretta () (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania)

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Over the last decade, the legal and institutional frameworks governing central banks and financial market regulatory authorities throughout the world have undergone significant changes. This has created new interest in better understanding the roles played by organizational structures, accountability and transparency in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of central banks in achieving their objectives and ultimately yielding better economic outcomes. Although much has been written pointing out the potential role institutional form can play in central bank performance, little empirical work has been done to investigate the hypothesis that institutional form is related to performance. This paper attempts to help fill this void.

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Paper provided by Bank of Finland in its series Research Discussion Papers with number 29/2008.

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Keywords: central banking; institutional structure; accountability; transparency; performance;

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E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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