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Superstar Central Bankers
The personalities of central bankers moved center stage during the recent financial crisis. Some central bankers even gained "superstar" status. In this paper, we evaluate the pivotal role of superstar central bankers by assessing the difference an outstanding governor makes to economic performance. We employ school grades given to central bankers by the financial press. A superstar central banker is one receiving the top grade. In a probit estimation we first relate the grades to measures of economic performance, institutional features, and personal characteristics. We then employ a nearest neighbor matching approach to identify the central bankers which are closest to those receiving the top grade and compare the economic performance across both groups. The results suggest that a superstar governor indeed matters: a top-graded central banker faces a significantly more favorable output-inflation trade-off than his peers.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik - Session: Empirical Macro: Credibility, Ability, and Central Bank Reaction Functions ; No. B19-V1
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Wirtschaft
Monetary Policy
Central Banks and Their Policies
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Neuenkirch, Matthias
Tillmann, Peter
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Kiel und Hamburg
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2014
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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- Konferenzbeitrag
Associated
- Neuenkirch, Matthias
- Tillmann, Peter
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Time of origin
- 2014
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