Does the fed act gradually? A VAR analysis

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 229-256

  Sack, Brian ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

E52; E58; Gradualism; Interest rate smoothing; Monetary policy rules; Parameter uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001209765     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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