the central bank, as an institution that directly controls the monetary system of the country, can also pursue goals such as managing interest rates, volume of currency, inflation, unemployment and even income distribution. in some countries (like iran) it functions as the part of the government and in some other countries the central bank is independent and follows its macro-policies. accordin...

This paper assesses the relative effectiveness of central bank independence vs. policy rules for the policy instruments in bringing about good economic performance. It examines historical changes in (1) macroeconomic performance, (2) the adherence to rulesbased monetary policy, and (3) the degree of central bank independence. Macroeconomic performance is defined in terms of both price stability...

Why do national governments choose the monetary institutions they do? While this question has long interested political economists, previous literature on the topic suffers from a central limitation: the choices of exchange-rate regime and central bank independence (CBI) have been analyzed in isolation from one another. This is surprising given that prominent arguments from this literature port...

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between the constitutional entrenchment of central bank independence and inflation performance. Empirical studies for developing countries have not found a relationship between central bank independence, proxied by the de jure independence established in the central bank law, and inflation. We argue that the Constitution is likely to be better enfo...

This chapter considers a recent literature on the political-economic management of monetary policy under various institutional-structural configurations of labor and goods markets and varying degrees of credibly conservative monetary-policy. It reviews the theoretical and empirical literatures on central bank independence (CBI), coordinated wage/price bargaining (CWB), and focuses on the emergi...

The costs of credit and accountability are good incentives for the Central Bank to increase independence. Independence of power and attention to economic policymaking in monetary decision-making can have a positive effect on the level of economic organization independence. The independent organization of the Central Bank has provided a plan for controlling inflation due to the importance of ind...