Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273117 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
NBB Working Paper No. 413
Publisher: 
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Abstract: 
With central banks becoming monetary authorities, research departments have become a core element of a modern central bank. Crucial elements of a central bank research department are contributing to monetary policymaking and sustaining a dialogue with the academic community. The importance of historical research (and central banks do not really make a difference between economic history and the history of economic thought) varies a lot. The historical curiosity of influential central bankers and the commemoration of anniversaries are important factors hereby. Historical research can allow central banks to take more distance and can help to avoid a "this time is different" view.
Subjects: 
central banking
economic research
economic history
history of thought
JEL: 
E42
E58
G28
N10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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