01767cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004585 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451865417 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Berger, Helge. Central Bank Boards Around the World : Why Does Membership Size Differ? / Helge Berger, Tonny Lybek, Volker Nitsch. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (46 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board's size. The empirical relevance of these factors is examined using a new dataset that covers the de jure membership size of 84 central bank boards at the end of 2003. We find that larger and more heterogeneous countries, countries with stronger democratic institutions, countries with floating exchange rate regimes, and independent central banks with more staff tend to have larger boards. Mode of access: Internet Lybek, Tonny. Nitsch, Volker. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/281 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/281/001.2006.issue-281-en.xml IMF e-Library