Interpreting the significance of the lagged interest rate in estimated monetary policy rules

Contributions to Macroeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  English, William B ^a   Nelson, William R ^b   Sack, Brian P ^b  

^a BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Monetary Policy; Taylor Rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444295025     PISSN: 15346005     EISSN: 15346005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-6005.1073     Document Type: Article

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