• Norges Bank 1999-2010: Governance and Structural Reforms 

      Bøhn, Harald (Working Papers;16/2012, Working paper, 2012)
      In 1999 Norges Bank employed 1150 persons and had 12 regional branches located in various cities across the country. In 2010, the regional branches had all been closed and the traditional central bank staff had been reduced ...
    • Overconfidence, Monetary Policy Committees and Chairman Dominance 

      Claussen, Carl Andreas; Matsen, Egil; Røisland, Øistein; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Papers;17/2009, Working paper, 2009)
      We suggest that overconfidence among policymakers explains why formal decision power over monetary policy is given to committees, while much of the real power to set policy remains with central bank chairmen. Overconfidence ...