TY - BOOK AU - Lippi, Francesco. TI - Central bank independence, targets and credibility: political and economic aspects of delegation arrangements for monetary policy SN - 1858989159 AV - HG 925 .L56 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Cheltenham, UK. PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Bancos centrales KW - Política monetaria KW - Unión Europea N1 - Figures and Tables, vi --; Preface, vii --; 1. Central Bank Independence, Targets and Credibility: Motivation and Overview, 1 --; Part one: Extensions of the credibility model --; 2. Credibility and Imperfect Monetary Control; with Wilko Letterie, 23 --; 3. Rules versus Discretion with Two Policy Instruments, 41 --; 4. Distributional Motives and the Inflationary Bias; with Otto H. Swank, 63 --; 5. Policy Delegation and Elections; with Otto H. Swank, 73 --; Part two: Central Bank independence and targets --; 6. On Central Bank Independence and the Stability of Policy Targets, 87 --; 7. Central Bank Independence and Conservatism, 105 --; Part three: Some evidence --; 8. Policy Targets, Economic Performance and Central Bank Independence; with Otto H. Swank, 121 --; References, 149 --; Index, 157 ER -