Do FOMC members herd?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 113
Issue: 2
Pages: 176-179

Authors (2)

Rülke, Jan-Christoph (not in RePEc) Tillmann, Peter (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gieß...)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We show that growth and unemployment forecasts submitted by individual FOMC members do not exhibit herding behavior, while the inflation forecasts show strong evidence of anti-herding. Interestingly, anti-herding is more important for non-voting members than for voters.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:2:p:176-179
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29