Monetary policy alternatives at the zero bound: An empirical assessment

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-100

  Bernanke, Ben S ^a   Reinhart, Vincent R ^a   Sack, Brian P ^b   Friedman, Benjamin M ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Macroeconomic Advisers LLC   (United States)

^c NONE

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