Estimating the effects of monetary shocks: An evaluation of different approaches

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-260

  Beaudry, Paul ^a   Saito, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E52; Identification; Liquidity effect; Monetary shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011225444     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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