Are two heads better than one? Monetary policy by committee

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 789-811

  Blinder, Alan S ^a   Morgan, John ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644451968     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0048     Document Type: Review

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