This paper systematically reviews the relevant research issues regarding central bank
committee decision-making. The study builds on the seminal contribution of Stanek's (Comp …

We analyze the impact of natural disasters experienced in the early life of central bankers to
assess their reaction to present‐day similar events. We use a panel dataset covering 68 …

In this study we analyse the voting behaviour of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in
Poland, applying a panel probit model using an original, hand-collected dataset of 48 MPC …

We examine whether and, if so, how executives' inherent risk aversion plays a role in
shaping the structure of their compensation contracts. In so doing, we estimate managerial …

Using a newly constructed dataset, this paper investigates the impact of early-life inflation
experiences on political cycles in 30 African countries over the period from 1980 to 2020 …

Have negative experiences (in particular, natural disasters) that central bankers' have
known in their early life influenced monetary policy decisions in front of the COVID-19 …

How do natural and man-made disasters faced by central bankers in their impressionable
years influence their decision-making? Using data on a large panel of central bankers from …

The paper makes use of the natural experiment of the length, and abrupt end, of the Cold
War in Europe to examine empirically the persistence and evolution of social preferences …

In this thesis, I examine whether individuals' financial risk taking is influenced from the
different macroeconomic conditions and shocks that they have experienced throughout their …

This paper analyses the drivers of divergence in tone among Federal Open Market
Committee (FOMC) members using text analysis tools. We use a financial dictionary to …