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Definition

Goodhart’s Law states that any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes

Examples

  • The case against leverage ratios is that they may encourage banks to increase their risk per unit of assets, reducing their usefulness as an indicator of bank failure[1]

References

  1. The dog and the frisbee, Andrew G Haldane, Vasileios Madouros, Economist, Bank of England, 2012