A robust method for simulating forward-looking models

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-501

  Armstrong, John ^a   Black, Richard ^b   Laxton, Douglas ^c   Rose, David ^d  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^d QED Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational techniques; Expectations; Fair Taylor; Newton; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032040580     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00081-x     Document Type: Article

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