... WORKING PAPER NO. 08-5 CENTRAL BANK INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND EFFECTIVE CENTRAL BANKING: CROSS-COUNTRY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Iftekhar Hasan Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bank ... Structure and Effective Central Banking: Cross-Country Empirical Evidence * Iftekhar Hasan Cary L. Wellington Professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bank of Finland and Loretta ... Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Central Bank Institutional Structure...