Reexamining the monetarist critique of interest rate rules

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-530

  King, Robert G ^a,b   Lin, Mau Ting ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 33646391558     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.87.513-530     Document Type: Review

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