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Do Federal Reserve Bank presidents’ interest rate votes in the FOMC follow an electoral cycle?

Stefan EichlerLeibniz University Hannover, Institute of Money and International Finance, Hannover, Germany;Department of Financial Markets, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Halle, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tom LähnerLeibniz University Hannover, Institute of Money and International Finance, Hannover, Germany
Pages 669-673 | Published online: 04 Dec 2015

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