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substituted by liquidity regulation, a bank's disclosure requirement and size remain significant. A key takeaway from our analysis … is that the complementary nature of disclosure and liquidity requirements provides a strong rationale for considering …We assess the determinants of banks' liquidity holdings using balance sheet data for nearly 7000 banks from 30 OECD …
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Since its inception, the European Central Bank (ECB) has regarded communication as anintegral part of its monetary policy. This paper describes and evaluates ECB communications during the first decade of its operation.We conclude that, overall, ECB communication has contributed to the...
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By applying readability statistics to the Humphrey-Hawkins testimonies given by the Federal Reserve Chairman, I test whether the clarity of central bank communication affects volatility in financial markets. There are three key results. First, when clarity matters, the results are unequivocal:...
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We study the implications of uncertainty for ination targeting. We apply Brainard's static framework which imposes multiplicative uncertainty in the monetary transmission. Brainard's main result is that in the presence of uncertainty, monetary authorities become naturally more cautious. But this...
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two signals depends on the transparency of the country. Greater transparency reduces risk premia. The empirical results … markets are unsure about the true extent of creative accounting. Fiscal transparency reduces risk premia. Instrumental …
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find that solvent borrowers are more likely to default strategically when stricter disclosure creates common knowledge …. Borrowers' financial health, regardless of disclosure rules. We show that uncertainty about fundamentals changes the risk …
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This paper examines whether the clarity of central bank communication about inflation has changed with the economic environment. We use readability statistics and content analysis to study the clarity of communication on the inflation outlook by seven central banks between 1997 and 2010....
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Does the general public know what central banks do? Is this kind of knowledge relevant? Using a survey of Dutch households, we investigate these questions for the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). Our findings suggest that knowledge on the ECB's objectives is far from perfect. Both a weak...
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Following Eijffinger and Geraats (2006), we construct an index of transparency of banking supervisors that takes … political, economic, procedural, policy and operational transparency into account. Based on a survey, we construct the index for … 24 banking supervisors. There are large differences among transparency of supervisors. The average total score is 9 …
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There is an ongoing debate whether firm focus creates or destroys shareholder value. Earlierliterature has shown significant diversification discounts: firms that engage in multiple activitiesare valued less. Various factors are important in the size of the discount, for example...
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