Targeting versus instrument rules for monetary policy: What is wrong with McCallum and Nelson?

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-625

  Svensson, Lars E O ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Economic Policy Research   (United States)

^c National Bureau ot Economic Research   (United States)

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EID: 33646397893     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.87.613-626     Document Type: Article

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