GDP data revisions and forward-looking monetary policy in Switzerland

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-372

  Kugler, Peter ^a,b   Jordan, Thomas J ^b,c   Lenz, Carlos ^a   Savioz, Marcel R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efficiency frontier; Forward looking monetary policy; GDP data revisions; Structural VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645077622     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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