Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Pavel Trunin Author-Name-First:Pavel Author-Name-Last: Trunin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Kniazev Dmitriy Author-Name-First: Dmitriy Author-Name-Last: Kniazev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Satdarov Alexandr Author-Name-First: Alexandr Author-Name-Last: Satdarov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title:Analysis of independence of the central banks of the Russian Federation, the CIS and East European countries Abstract:On the basis of an overview of theoretical and empirical studies on central banks’ independence, the paper assesses the independence of the central banks of the former USSR republics including the RF, as well as those of East European countries. An analysis of the potential existence of a relationship between the banks’ independence and some major economic indices, such as inflation, economic activity, and budget deficit, was also performed. Year: 2010 Issue: 133P File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/85Trunin.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Classification-JEL: E52, E58, C14, C43 Keywords:central bank, CIS countries, East European countries Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:85 Language:ru