Monetary policy under uncertainty in micro-founded macroeconometric models

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 20, Issue , 2005, Pages 229-287

  Levin, Andrew T ^a   Onatski, Alexei ^b   Williams, John C ^c   Williams, Noah ^d  

^a Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646820646     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.20.3585423     Document Type: Review

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