This paper provides an empirical analysis of the association between central bank independence (CBI) and inflation for 17 Central and Eastern Europe economies from 1990 to 2009. We employ a dynamic panel data model estimated with a “system” GMM, which incorporates several control variables...

This paper analyses the effectiveness of foreign exchange interventions in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey using the event study approach. Interventions are found to be effective only in the short run when they ease appreciation pressures. Central bank...