• Title of article

    Politics andtheFed

  • Author/Authors

    Allan H. Meltzer، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    39
  • To page
    48
  • Abstract
    In thestandardpolicymodel,apolicymakeroptimizesthewelfareofarepresentative agent.Inpractice,policiesarechoseninapoliticalprocessbyagentselectedbyvoters. Drawingonevidencefrommytwo-volumehistoryoftheFederalReserve,thepaper reportsmanyexamplesofdecisionsinfluencedbypoliticalpressures.Thehistoryshows that themeaningoftheindependenceoftheFederalReservechangedovertime reflectingpoliticalinfluences
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846453