Is there a dead spot? New evidence on FOMC decisions before elections

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1411-1427

  Hellerstein, Rebecca ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Central banks; Federal Reserve; Political business cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548329978     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2007.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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