Transparency and Deliberation within the FOMC: a Computational Linguistics Approach
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- Stephen Hansen & Michael McMahon & Andrea Prat, 2018. "Transparency and Deliberation Within the FOMC: A Computational Linguistics Approach," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 133(2), pages 801-870.
- Stephen Hansen & Michael McMahon & Andrea Prat, 2014. "Transparency and Deliberation within the FOMC: a Computational Linguistics Approach," Working Papers 762, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Stephen Hansen & Michael McMahon & Andrea Prat, 2014. "Transparency and Deliberation within the FOMC: A Computational Linguistics Approach," CEP Discussion Papers dp1276, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Prat, Andrea & McMahon, Michael & Hansen, Stephen, 2014. "Transparency and Deliberation within the FOMC: a Computational Linguistics Approach," CEPR Discussion Papers 9994, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hansen, Stephen & McMahon, Michael & Prat, Andrea, 2014. "Transparency and deliberation within the FOMC: a computational linguistics approach," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 60287, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Hansen, Stephen & McMahon, Michael & Prat, Andrea, 2014. "Transparency and deliberation within the FOMC: a computational linguistics approach," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 58072, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Stephen Eliot Hansen & Michael McMahon & Andrea Prat, 2014. "Transparency and deliberation within the FOMC: A computational linguistics approach," Economics Working Papers 1425, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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Keywords
Monetary Policy; Deliberation; FOMC; Transparency; Career Concerns;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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- NEP-CMP-2014-08-16 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2014-08-16 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2014-08-16 (Monetary Economics)
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