Mitchel
Abolafia's research interests focus on
the application of
organization theory to the study
of monetary policy, financial markets,
and bureaucratic
politics. He has written articles
on economic competition, hyper-rationality,
and market culture. His recent
book,
Making Markets (Harvard University
Press, 1997), is a comparative
study of the trading floor in the bond,
stock
and futures markets. His current
research examines policy making at the
Federal
Reserve Board.
