The FOMC: Preferences, voting, and consensus

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Meade, Ellen E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 33646386954     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.87.93-101     Document Type: Review

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