International transmission of U.S. monetary policy shocks: Evidence from VAR's

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-372

  Kim, Soyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

International transmission; Intertemporal model; Monetary policy shocks; Mundell Flemming Dornbusch model; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010970933     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(01)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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