Real implications of the zero bound on nominal interest rates

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-296

  Wolman, Alexander L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Deflation; Interest rates; Monetary policy; Price level stationarity; Zero bound

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144377075     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0026     Document Type: Article

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