Central bank governance

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    Central banking | Empirics | Financial markets | Regulation

    The Partisanship of Financial Regulators

    Paper

    Posted on 27 September 2021

    By Matthew Henriksson

    We analyze the partisanship of Securities and Exchange Commissioners (SEC) and members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed). Using the language-based approach of Gentzkow, Shapiro, and Taddy (Econometrica,...
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    Central banking | Political institutions

    The Political Economy of Reforms in Central Bank Design

    Paper

    Posted on 25 September 2021

    By Davide Romelli

    What explains the worldwide changes in central bank design over the past five decades? Using a new dataset on central bank institutional design, this paper investigates the timing, pace and...
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