Why do monetary policies matter? An experimental study of saving and inflation in an overlapping generations model

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-343

  Bernasconi, Michele ^a   Kirchkamp, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

C92; E21; E31; E52; Expectations; Experiments; Inflation; Monetary policy; OLG model; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042916536     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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