Inferring hawks and doves from voting records

Sylvester Eijffinger; Ronald Mahieu; Louis Raes

doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.03.004

Inferring hawks and doves from voting records

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We analyze revealed policy preferences of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. From the voting records we estimate the policy preferences with spatial models of voting. We find that internal committee members tend to hold centrist policy preferences, while more extreme policy preferences, both hawkish and dovish, are generally held by external members. An industry background is associated with more hawkish preferences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-120
Journal	European Journal of Political Economy
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.03.004
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

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voting records
central banking
committees
ideal points

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Inferring hawks and doves from voting records

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