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Transparency and deliberation within the FOMC: a computational linguistics approach

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How does transparency, a key feature of central bank design, affect monetary policymakers’ deliberations? Theory predicts a positive discipline effect and negative conformity effect. We empirically explore these effects using a natural experiment in the Federal Open Market Committee in 1993 and computational linguistics algorithms. We first find large changes in communication patterns after transparency. We then propose a difference-in-differences approach inspired by the career concerns lite...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/qje/qjx045

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Social Sciences Division
Department:
Economics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Oxford college:
St Hugh's College
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
Quarterly Journal of Economics More from this journal
Volume:
133
Issue:
2
Pages:
801–870
Publication date:
2017-10-31
Acceptance date:
2017-09-23
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EISSN:
1531-4650
ISSN:
0033-5533
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pubs:747064
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uuid:a3818f48-ccb7-4ab8-be6b-d9fde5ac13c0
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pubs:747064
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747064
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2017-11-20

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