In a representative democracy, there is a belief that out of obligation or necessity elected representatives take into account the desires of their constituents. Elected representatives following ...

Lockdowns during COVID-19 have been handled differently by governments around the world. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan explores the effect on different populations ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide implemented nonpharmaceutical lockdown policies to mitigate the impact of the virus. The effectiveness of these policies depended on public support, ...

We estimate perceptions about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy rule from panel data on professional forecasts of interest rates and macroeconomic conditions. The perceived dependence of the ...