How monetary policy committees impact the volatility of policy rates

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-546

  Farvaque, Etienne ^a   Matsueda, Norimichi ^b   Méon, Pierre Guillaume ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision procedures; Interest rate; Monetary policy committees; Monetary union

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350350081     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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