Majority rule, consensus building, and the power of the chairman: Arthur burns and the FOMC

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 36, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 407-422

  Chappell Jr , Henry W ^a   Mcgregor, Rob Roy ^b   Vermilyea, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c Off Comptroller of the Currency

Author keywords

Central bank; Median voter theorem; Monetary policy; Reaction function

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142659830     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2004.0053     Document Type: Article

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