Robust monetary policy under model uncertainty in a small model of the U.S. economy

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-110

  Onatski, Alexei ^a   Stock, James H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainard Uncertainty; Parameter Uncertainty; Robust Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036002890     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100502027050     Document Type: Article

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