The Taylor rule and real-time data - A critical appraisal

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 679-685

  Österholm, Pär ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; MONETARY POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144490264     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500181849     Document Type: Article

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