The NAIRU, Unemployment and Monetary Policy

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-49

  Staiger, Douglas ^a,c   Stock, James H ^a,c   Watson, Mark W ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0346507228     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.1.33     Document Type: Article

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