Measuring monetary policy with VAR models: An evaluation

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1069-1112

  Bagliano, Fabio C ^a   Favero, Carlo A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary transmission; VAR models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000428367     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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