This paper reports updated measures of transparency and independence for more than 100
central banks. The indices show that there has been steady movement in the direction of …

Peter Lindert inquires as to whether social policies that redistribute income impose
constraints on economic growth. Although taxes and transfers have been debated for …

Over the last two decades, communication has become an increasingly important aspect of
monetary policy. These real-world developments have spawned a huge new scholarly …

Tom Christensen Professor, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo tom.
christensen@ stv. uio. no tor? Eller er det som om at disse bølger lever i sameksistens …

Central banks emphasize the use of communication as a tool of monetary policy. As central
banks increasingly recognize that low public informedness limits their ability to communicate …

Abbott, Andrew. 2012. “Abundance.” Hollingshead Lecture. Yale University, Feb- ruary 28.
Abdelal, Rawi. 2007. Capital Rules: Page 1 275 REFERENCES Abbott, Andrew. 2012. “Abundance.” …

In Unexpected Revolutionaries, Manuela Moschella investigates the institutional
transformation of central banks from the 1970s to the present. Central banks are typically …

Transparency represents the most dramatic difference between central banking today and
central banking in earlier periods. 2 In recent years, a number of central banks have moved …

Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan
was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking …

Distinguishing four sources of power-ideological, economic, military, and political-this series
traces their interrelations throughout human history. This fourth volume of Michael Mann's …