A Post Keynesian Perspective on the Rise of Central Bank Independence: A Dubious Success Story in Monetary Economics
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Keywords
Central Banks; Central Bank Independence; Democratic Accountability; Monetary Policy; Time-inconsistency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
- B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
- E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
- E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
- E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2010-10-23 (Central Banking)
- NEP-HIS-2010-10-23 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2010-10-23 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-MON-2010-10-23 (Monetary Economics)
- NEP-PKE-2010-10-23 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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