Did the great inflation occur despite policymaker commitment to a Taylor rule?

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 324-359

  Bullard, James ^a   Eusepi, Stefano ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Monetary policy rules; Productivity slowdown

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244412937     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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