1. Introduction 2. Federal Reserve Behavior 2.1. Friedman and Schwartz’s Theory of Inconsistent Behavior 2.2. Wicker’s ‘International’ Theory 2.3. The ‘Domestic’ Theory of Brunner and Meltzer 2.4. Similarities and Differences in the Alternative Explanations 2.5. Criticism 2.6. More on Federal Reserve Theory 2.7. Summary 3. Federal Reserve Behavior: Quantification and Testing 3.1. The Assumption of a Disutility Function 3.2. The Two Models: An Overview 3.3. Model 1: The Short-Term Money Market As the Goal 3.4. Model 2: The Ultimate Target Variables As the Goals 3.5. The Time Period and the Data Used in Testing 3.6. Results of the Tests of Model 1 3.7. Results of the Tests of Model 2 3.8. Further Results and a Comment on Alternative Formulations 4. Summary
Biography
Marshall E. McMahon
