Estimating Taylor-Type Rules: An Unbalanced Regression?

Advances in Econometrics

Volumn 20 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 239-276

  Siklos, Pierre L ^a   Wohar, Mark E ^a  

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EID: 33645870688     PISSN: 07319053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0731-9053(05)20029-4     Document Type: Review

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