Efficient Monetary Policy Design near Price Stability

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-365

  Orphanides, Athanasios ^a   Wieland, Volker ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquidity trap; Optimal policy; Price stability; Zero bound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041724740     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2000.0452     Document Type: Article

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