Level and growth policy rules and actual fed policy since 1979

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 575-594

  Mehra, Yash P ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fed policy; Level and growth policy rules; US economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036846509     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(02)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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