Narrative and VAR approaches to monetary policy: Common identification problems

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-657

  Leeper, Eric M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Monetary policy; Narrative approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498505     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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