The Lucas critique revisited Assessing the stability of empirical Euler equations for investment

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 291-316

  Oliner, Stephen D ^a   Rudebusch, Glenn D ^b   Sichel, Daniel ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Business investment; Euler equation; Lucas critique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001516026     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(94)01693-3     Document Type: Article

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