Estimating the effects of monetary policy shocks: Does lag structure matter?

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1515-1526

  Kim, Keuk Soo ^a   McMillin, W Douglas ^b  

^a Korea Drug Test Laboratory   (South Korea)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONETARY POLICY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 0142156016     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000090663     Document Type: Article

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