What do the VARs mean? Measuring the output effects of monetary policy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-300

  Cochrane, John H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

C32; C52; E52; Identification; Monetary policy; Vector autoregression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000555995     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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