Optimal monetary policy with staggered wage and price contracts

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-313

  Erceg, Christopher J ^a   Henderson, Dale W ^a   Levin, Andrew T ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

E31; E32; E52; Inflation targeting; Monetary policy; Nominal wage and price rigidity; Staggered contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001532134     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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