Identification issues in forward-looking models estimated by GMM, with an application to the Phillips curve

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-448

  Mavroeidis, Sophocles ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GMM; New Phillips curve; Rational expectations; Weak instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544474667     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0031     Document Type: Review

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