The influence of FOMC member characteristics on the monetary policy decision-making process

This paper provides new empirical evidence on a monetary policy committee with heterogeneous members whose decisions affect the efficacy of monetary policy. It thereby provides a link between the literature on monetary policy committees and central bank monetary policy implementation through monetar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smales, Lee, Apergis, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19659