Lead supervisor:
Prof Phillip Lawler
Start date: October 2012
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Economics
Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster
Central Bank Transparency - Information and Optimal Stabilization Policy
A number of recent theoretical models show that greater transparency on the part of central banks may not be beneficial under certain conditions. I am going to look at how various assumptions about information quality, the acquisition and dissemination of information within the private sector affect the optimal degree of transparency as well as optimal monetary policy design.