Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Business - Economics
Abstract
We investigate the channels through which partisan influence from a Presidential administration could affect monetary policy-making.Influence could be a result of direct Presidential pressure exerted on members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), or it could be a result of partisan considerations in Presidential appointments to the Board of Governors. To investigate these two channels of influence, we devise and apply a method for estimating parameters of monetary policy reaction functions that can vary across individual members of the FOMC Our results suggest that the appointments process is the primary mechanism by which partisan differences in monetary policies arise.
Publication Info
Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 108, Issue 1, 1993, pages 185-218.
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© 1993 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
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© 1993 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)