This paper provides new empirical evidence on policy-makers' voting patterns on interest rates. Applying (pooled …) Taylor-type rules and using real-time information available from published inflation reports and voting records, the paper … tests for heterogeneity among committee members in three monetary policy committees: the FOMC, the Bank of England's MPC and …

Voting power in voting situations is measured by the probability of changing decisions by altering the cast 'yes' or … change decisions. This theory is often applied to weighted voting situations, where voters can cast multiple votes. Measuring … reected by a voting game that is not any more simple. We use data from Scotland, Hungary and a number of other countries both …

We develop a theoretical framework for equity in council voting games (CVGs). In a CVG, a fully representative voting …

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This paper provides new empirical evidence on policy-makers' voting patterns on interest rates. Applying (pooled …) Taylor-type rules and using real-time information available from published inflation reports and voting records, the paper … tests for heterogeneity among committee members in three monetary policy committees: the FOMC, the Bank of England's MPC and …