Torun Business Review (Dec 2009)

The measure of legal central bank independence

  • Iwona Lasek-Surowiec

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 8
pp. 247 – 260

Abstract

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The article presents the key to evaluating the legal (formal) independence of central banks. Although the current findings regarding the legal independence are characterized by a relatively large variation, research findings presented in the article are still up-to-date in the context of measuring the central banks independence at the beginning of the 21st century.

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