Organizers:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Politics and the Fed"
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and Financial Stability"
Georgios Chortareas, University of Athens (Contact Author)

"Dissent"
Alessandro Riboni, University of Montreal (Contact Author)
Francisco Ruge-Murcia, University of Montreal

"On the Political Economy of Crisis Management: The Case of the 2008-09 Fiscal Crisis"
Roger Congleton, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ellen Meade, American University
Alessandro Riboni, University of Montreal
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Organizers:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"Learning and Bandwagons in Monetary Policy Committees"
Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Todd A. Vermilyea, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

"Is There a Limit on FOMC Dissents? Evidence from the Greenspan Era"
Ellen Meade, American University (Contact Author)
Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Bank for International Settlements

"The Evolution of Deliberation in the FOMC"
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, London School of Economics and Political Science (Contact Author)
Andrew Bailey, Bank of England

"MPC Voting over Time"
Volker Nitsch, Darmstadt University of Technology (Contact Author)
Helge Berger, Free University of Berlin

Discussants:

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, London School of Economics and Political Science
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University
Georgios Chortareas, University of Athens
Volker Nitsch, Darmstadt University of Technology

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