Speed limit policies: The output gap and optimal monetary policy

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 265-278

  Walsh, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0043227270     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803321455278     Document Type: Review

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