In these remarks, Paul Tucker, Executive Director for Markets and Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member, notes that social, political and historic factors affect the choice of monetary policy decision-making structures in different countries. In the United Kingdom, the MPC sets Bank Rate on a...

This paper looks at how the reputation of a monetary policy making committee is jointly determined with the reputations of its individual members. I ask whether individuals have more or less incentive to gain a reputation for being tough on inflation when they are part of a group. I examine the...

This paper looks at how the reputation of a monetary policy making committee is jointly determined with the reputations of its individual members. I ask whether individuals ha ve more or less incentive to gain a reputation for being tough on inflation when they are part of a group. I examine the...