Parameter uncertainty and policy intensity: Some extensions and suggestions for further work

Computational Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-496

  Mercado, P Ruben ^a,b   Kendrick, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Instituto de Desarrollo Economico y Social   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic policy; Policy uncertainty; Stochastic control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745470007     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-005-9006-2     Document Type: Article

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