Necessity as the mother of invention monetary policy after the crisis

Table A2. Determinants of mandate discussion and the adoption of unconventional monetary policies (univariate probit regressions)
Mandate
discussions
outside
Mandate
discussions
inside
Adopted
rates near
zero
Adopted
negative
rates
Adopted QE
with govt
debt
Adopted QE
with other
assets
Adopted
forward
guidance
Adopted
macro
prudential
Adopted
other tools
Adopted
calendarbased
FG
Adopted
data-based
FG
Adopted
qualitative
FG
Advanced economy 0.271** 0.010 0.376*** 0.212*** 0.275*** 0.097 0.174 0.112 0.052 0.163 0.090 1.466*** 0.160**
(0.132) (0.146) (0.059) (0.073) (0.077) (0.085) (0.140) (0.141) (0.145) (0.101) (0.134) (0.477) (0.080)
Crisis (LV dummy) 0.438*** 0.176 0.265** 0.194*** 0.287*** 0.140 0.381*** -0.110 0.125 0.234** 0.377*** 1.603*** 0.066
(0.136) (0.161) (0.112) (0.075) (0.079) (0.085) (0.131) (0.148) (0.156) (0.095) (0.100) (0.394) (0.094)
Inflation targeting 0.169 0.050 0.210** -0.105 0.028 -0.105 0.313*** 0.287** -0.079 0.102 -0.094 0.607 0.061
(0.134) (0.137) (0.106) (0.099) (0.108) (0.099) (0.109) (0.120) (0.138) (0.103) (0.130) (0.393) (0.085)
Openness -0.002** -0.002** -0.002 -0.000 -0.003** -0.001 -0.002 0.001 -0.000 -0.000 -0.001 -0.004* 0.001
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.000) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.002) (0.001)
Flexible exchange rate 0.176 0.073 0.350*** 0.079 0.131 0.003 0.384*** 0.161 -0.017 0.253*** 0.115 1.243*** 0.003
(0.137) (0.141) (0.070) (0.085) (0.102) (0.090) (0.097) (0.134) (0.142) (0.083) (0.128) (0.444) (0.090)
CB independence -0.362 -0.289 -0.053 0.257 0.095 0.464 0.334 0.035 0.075 0.453 0.445 1.153 0.139
(0.447) (0.464) (0.433) (0.352) (0.376) (0.381) (0.444) (0.412) (0.463) (0.380) (0.400) (1.307) (0.373)
Change in CB independence 0.518 0.242 -0.828 0.808 0.267 1.309* 0.317 1.368 1.727 -0.485 1.292 -5.476 -1.211
(1.253) (1.346) (1.239) (0.847) (0.927) (0.729) (1.323) (1.137) (1.241) (0.983) (1.025) (3.705) (1.089)
Notes: The table reports marginal effects of probit models that explain governors’ responses as to whether or not there has been a discussion about the central bank mandate
(left panel) and whether or not certain policy instruments have been adopted (middle and right panel). Each coefficient comes from a separate regression using the
maximum number of observations for each regressor-regressand pair. Numbers in brackets denote robust standard errors. */**/*** identifies statistical significance at the
10%/5%/1% level. Source: Authors’ calculations based on survey among central bank governors conducted in 2016.
Adopted
other FG
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