On the optimality of interest rate smoothing

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-282

  Rebelo, Sergio ^a   Xie, Danyang ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

E31; E48; E52; Growth; Inflation; Interest rate smoothing; Monetary policy; O42

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007733393     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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