The difficulty of discerning what's too tight: Taylor rules and Japanese monetary policy

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-74

  Kuttner, Kenneth N ^a   Posen, Adam S ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deflation; Japan; Monetary policy; Policy rules; Taylor rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342311630     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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