Time-varying discrete monetary policy reaction functions

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-464

  Huang, Ho Chuan ^a   Lin, Shu Chin ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENTRAL BANK; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745110362     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500395386     Document Type: Article

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