Does central bank independence affect stock market volatility?

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of impacts of central banks’ independence on stock market volatility. Using a simple theoretical macroeconomic model, we analytically find a positive link between stock prices volatility and central bank independence. By applying panel data analysis on a set of 29 countries from 1998 to 2005, sufficient evidence for this positive relationship is provided using two different measures of stock market volatility. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.