Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55015 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Passauer Diskussionspapiere - Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe No. V-43-06
Publisher: 
Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Passau
Abstract: 
Corruption among central banks induces distorted policies by, first, increasing the inflation bias and, second, potentially inducing a pro-cyclical adjustment of employment. In response to a negative supply shock a corrupt central banker is tempted to decrease money supply. In this case, he pretends an ultraconservative attitude while in reality he is driven by self interest. If societies with extreme tastes (relating only to inflation or employment) are not governed by central bankers with similar preferences, corruption might be tolerated as an instrument of bringing factual policies more in line with its public desire. This finding provides a warning signal against the choice of non-representative central bankers.
Subjects: 
Time-inconsistency
inflation bias
seignorage
stochastic supply side shocks
conservatives
populists
JEL: 
E5
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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