Optimal interest-rate smoothing

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 861-886

  Woodford, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CENTRAL BANK; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 0142246850     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00270     Document Type: Article

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