Should We Be Afraid of Friedman's Rule?

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 261-303

  Uhlig, Harald ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babysitting coop; Cash in advance; Deflation; Deflationary spiral; Friedman's rule; Japan; Liquidity trap; Optimal monetary policy; Zero lower bound on nominal interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042807365     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2000.0453     Document Type: Article

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