Simple Monetary Policy Rules under Model Uncertainty

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 537-577

  Isard, Peter ^a   Laxton, Douglas ^a   Eliasson, Ann Charlotte ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic models; Monetary policy rules; NAIRU uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347713753     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008753416708     Document Type: Article

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