Nobel lecture: The transformation of macroeconomic policy and research

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-235

  Prescott, Edward C ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; MACROECONOMICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 33646443660     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503205     Document Type: Article

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