JOHN B. TAYLOR
A Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and expert on monetary policy. Taylor is best known for the paper he submitted in 1993 outlining the Taylor Rule. The rule explains a process for central banks to figure out interest rates. His research focuses on macroeconomics, monetary economics, international economics, and econometrics.
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