Should the Individual Voting Records of Central Bankers be Published?

Should the individual voting records of central bankers be published?

When Should Central Bankers Be Fired?

In recent years, a number of countries have changed their central banking institutions. Often these reforms involve granting long terms of office to central bankers. This threatens to limit the extent to which the central bank can be held accountability. Dismissal rules can help ensure accountability, and, in the presence of inßation shocks, the socially optimal commitment policy is supported b...

Whether all patients with Central precocious puberty should be treated?

Extended Abstract   Precocious puberty is the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before 8 years old in girls and 9 years old in boys. Precocious puberty is divided into 3 groups of central, peripheral and normal variants. Central precocious puberty is accompanied by activation of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis which causes increase in secretion of GnRH, and in turn increase i...

Should Criminal History Records Be Universally Available?

At current incarceration rates, roughly 9% of all males born today will serve time in prison at some point in their lives. By race and ethnicity, the comparable figures are 4% for white males, 16% for Hispanic males, and 28% for black males (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997). Ample research now documents that having spent time in prison worsens one’s employment prospects through several ...

Should our medical records be automatically centralised?

93 Iranian-British Medical Communication Association, jointly hosted by Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the British Council. The conference was busy and interactive, and we were struck by the enthusiasm of the audience, and their desire to increase collaborative links between our two countries. The hospitality we received was extremely generous and indicative of their wish to overcome...