Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19161 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1697
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A particular focus is on the size of monetary policy committees, the degree of centralization, and the representation of relative economic size in the voting rights of regional (or sectoral) interests. Broad benchmarks for the optimal design of monetary policy committees are derived, combining relevant theoretical arguments with available empirical evidence. A new indicator compares the mismatch of relative regional economic size and voting rights in the monetary policy committees of the US Fed, the pre-1999 German Bundesbank, and the ECB over time. Based on these benchmarks, there seems to be room to improve the organization of the ECB Governing Board and current plans for reform.
Subjects: 
central bank design
federal central banks
ECB
Eurosystem
ECB reform
JEL: 
E58
D72
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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