Measures of Central Bank Autonomy : Empirical Evidence for OECD, Developing, and Emerging Market Economies /

This paper presents an update of the Grilli-Masciandaro-Tabellini (GMT) index of central bank (CB) autonomy, based on CB legislation as of end-2003. The index is applied to a set of OECD and developing countries, and emerging market economies. For a smaller set of countries, the paper presents a rec...

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Autor principal: Segalotto, Jean-Francois
Altres autors: Arnone, Marco, Laurens, Bernard
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/228
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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