Signal extraction and non-certainty-equivalence in optimal monetary policy rules

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-50

  Swanson, Eric T ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty Equivalence; Optimal Monetary Policy; Signal Extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142276416     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100504020279     Document Type: Article

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