Does monetary policy generate recessions?

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-272

  Sims, Christopher A ^a   Zha, Tao ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Monetary Policy; Structural VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646382409     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s136510050605019x     Document Type: Review

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