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Dragging a heavy load to the central bank:influence of experienced natural and man-made disasters on central bankers’ behaviour

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  • Maqsood Aslam
  • Etienne Farvaque
  • Franck Adonis Malan

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How do natural and man-made disasters faced by central bankers in their impressionable years influence their decision-making? Using data on a large panel of central bankers from developing and developed countries, we find that central bankers who have experienced a larger number of natural as well as man-made disasters tend to act in a more conservative way. In particular, the experience of famines is the most traumatizing and influential. The results are robust to the inclusion of control variables and alternative measures of disasters, and reveal strong behavioural differences when comparing before and after the 2008 financial crisis. JEL codes: E02; E58; E71; 01

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  • Maqsood Aslam & Etienne Farvaque & Franck Adonis Malan, 2023. "Dragging a heavy load to the central bank:influence of experienced natural and man-made disasters on central bankers’ behaviour," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(12), pages 1597-1605, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:12:p:1597-1605
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2073327
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    JEL classification:

    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • E71 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on the Macro Economy

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