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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822786803321

Autore

Segalotto Jean-François

Titolo

Measures of Central Bank Autonomy : : Empirical Evidence for OECD, Developing, and Emerging Market Economies / / Jean-François Segalotto, Marco Arnone, Bernard Laurens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-8914-7

1-4527-5518-3

1-282-39187-9

9786613820303

1-4519-0941-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoneMarco

LaurensBernard

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central - Law and legislation - Developing countries

Banks and banking, Central - Law and legislation - OECD countries

Monetary policy - Developing countries

Monetary policy - OECD countries

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Central bank autonomy

Central bank legislation

Central Banks and Their Policies

Central banks

Depository Institutions

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Finance

Finance: General

Financial markets

Financial services industry

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Legal support in revenue administration

Micro Finance Institutions

Monetary Policy

Mortgages

Public finance & taxation



Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION AND DATA""; ""II. UPDATED INDICATORS OF CENTRAL BANK AUTONOMY IN SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES""; ""III. AUTONOMY INDICATORS FOR EMERGING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""IV. PROGRESS TOWARDS AUTONOMY IN EMERGING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""V. OVERVIEW OF INDICATORS AND STANDARDIZED RESULTS""; ""VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""LEGAL SOURCES CONSULTED""; ""CUKIERMAN VARIABLES VERSUS GMT VARIABLES""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

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 reconstruction of the GMT index based on Cukierman (1992) and assesses changes in CB autonomy between 1992 and 2003. The results point to a significant increase in CB autonomy, in particular for developing countries. In most cases, this improvement has involved a three-stage process: an initial stage in which the political foundations for CB autonomy are laid; a second stage in which operational autonomy develops; and a final stage in which CBs gain further political autonomy in terms of policy formulation and the appointment of senior management.