Preferences or private assessments on a monetary policy committee?

<p style="text-align:justify;"> Using Bank of England voting data, we show empirically that members’ votes are driven by heterogeneous individual assessments of the economy as well as their individual policy preferences. Estimates indicate that internal committee members form more p...

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Main Authors: Hansen, S, McMahon, M, Velasco Rivera, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2014