Optimal monetary policy with a nonlinear Phillips curve

Economics Letters

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-164

  Nobay, A R ^a   Peel, D A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E3; E5; Inflation bias; Nonlinear Phillips curve; Optimal monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034423288     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00265-7     Document Type: Article

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