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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463623803321

Autore

Klüh Ulrich H

Titolo

Central bank financial strength and policy performance : an econometric evaluation / / Ulrich Klüh and Peter Stella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-0332-3

1-4527-8439-6

9786612841279

1-282-84127-0

1-4518-7034-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (69 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/176

Altri autori (Persone)

StellaPeter

Disciplina

332.1

332.11

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central - Econometric models

Monetary policy - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Considerations and Related Literature; A. Reasons for A Lack of Central Bank Financial Strength; B. Theories Linking Central Bank Financial Strength and Policy Performance; C. Related Empirical Evidence; III. Evaluating Cross-Country Indicators of Central Bank Financial Strength; A. Conceptualization of Central Bank Financial Strength and Data Sources; B. Recent Trends in Central Bank Profitability; 1. Return on Average Assets in a Large Sample of Central Banks, 1995-2005

2. Median Return on Average Assets in Bankscope Sample 3. Share of Central Banks with High Central Bank Financial Strength; 4. Share of Central Banks with Negative IFS Capital; 5. Central Bank Financial Strength in a Group of Western Hemisphere Countries; 6. Distribution



of Reported Sum of Capital and OIN in Percent of Total Assets; 7. Distribution of Reported OIN in Percent of Total Assets; 8. Measures of Central Bank Revenues and Costs; IV. Econometric Analysis; A. Data and Approach; 9. Price Stability and Central Bank Financial Strength

B. Central Bank Financial Strength and Inflation in a Panel of Latin American and Caribbean Countries 1. Baseline Results with Alternative Control Variables and Excluding Outliers; 2. Fixed Effects Estimates with Alternative Control Variables; 3. Fiscal Variables and Alternative Dependent Variable; 4. Results for Central Bank Financial Strength; 5. Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimation; C. Central Bank Financial Strength and Inflation in a Large Cross-Section of Countries; 6. Results for the Cross-Section; 10. Relationship Between Central Bank Financial Strength

7. Accounting for Extreme Cases of Balance Sheet Distortions 11. Relationship Between Central Bank Financial Strength and d; V. Policy Conclusions and Future Research; Appendix: Statistical Information and Figures; References; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The financial health of central banks and its relation to policy outcomes has recently been recognized as an important policy issue. While case study evidence clearly indicates that weak central bank finances can hamper effective policy implementation, the question of whether central bank financial strength influences policy performance remains controversial. This is due, in part, to a lack of econometric evidence. The paper presents a first step toward filling this gap, by providing a quantitative evaluation of the relationship between measures of central bank financial strength and policy