Rules of thumb versus dynamic programming

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 148-174

  Lettau, Martin ^a   Uhlig, Harald ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000620127     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.1.148     Document Type: Article

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