Variable: Central Bank Independence weighted index

QoG Code: (cbi_cbiw)


Dataset: Central Bank Independence Dataset

Description:

CBI weighted index: Weighted average of the four components (weights between parentheses), following Cukierman, Webb and Neyapti's (1992) criteria: Chief Executive Officer (0.20), Objectives (0.15), Policy Formulation (0.15), and Limitations on lending to the government (0.5). It ranges from 0 (minimum) to 1 (maximum) CBI.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-01-09
Last updated by source: 2025-01-09


Categories:

Political System Public Economy


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Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 184
Basic time-series: 186
Standard cross-section: 184
Standard time-series: 186
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1970-2023
Basic time-series: 1970-2023
OECD time-series: 1970-2023

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This variable has information from the year 1970 to the year 2012