Business cycles asymmetry and monetary policy: A further investigation using MRSTAR models

Economic Modelling

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-71

  Dufrénot, Gilles ^a,b   Mignon, Valérie ^c   Péguin Feissolle, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Monetary impulses; Nonlinear models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142157192     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(02)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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