Central Bank Boards Around the World: Why Does Membership Size Differ?

By Helge Berger, Tonny Lybek, Volker Nitsch

December 1, 2006

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Helge Berger, Tonny Lybek, and Volker Nitsch. Central Bank Boards Around the World: Why Does Membership Size Differ?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board's size. The empirical relevance of these factors is examined using a new dataset that covers the de jure membership size of 84 central bank boards at the end of 2003. We find that larger and more heterogeneous countries, countries with stronger democratic institutions, countries with floating exchange rate regimes, and independent central banks with more staff tend to have larger boards.

Subject: Banking, Central bank autonomy, Central bank organization, Exchange rate arrangements, Floating exchange rates

Keywords: Exchange rate, Implementation board, Monetary policy, MPC member, MPC size, WP

Publication Details

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46
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Working Paper No. 2006/281
Stock No:

WPIEA2006281
ISBN:

9781451865417
ISSN:

1018-5941

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