Theoretical conditions under which monetary policies are effective and practical obstacles to their verification

Economic Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 999-1005

  Swamy, P A V B ^a   Tavlas, George S ^b  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

"True" functional forms; Measurement errors.; Monetary policy reaction functions; Monetary policy rules; Omitted variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244454901     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-004-0482-8     Document Type: Article

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