Errors in the measurement of the output gap and the design of monetary policy

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 117-141

  Orphanides, Athanasios ^a   Porter, Richard D ^a,b   Reifschneider, David ^a   Tetlow, Robert ^a   Finan, Frederico ^a  

^a Division of Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest rate rules; Output gap measurement; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001362089     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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