How do recession episodes experienced by central bankers in their impressionable years influence their monetary policy decision making during election periods? Using a large data of central bankers (from developed and developing countries) over the period 2000M1 to 2017M12, we find that central...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Structural Context of Macroeconomic Policy Choice -- Chapter 3 Partisanship and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 4 Elections and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 5 Partisan Differences and Macroeconomic...