Robust inflation-forecast-based rules to shield against indeterminacy

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1491-1526

  Batini, Nicoletta ^a   Justiniano, Alejandro ^a   Levine, Paul ^b   Pearlman, Joseph ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indeterminacy; Inflation forecast based rules; Robustness; Taylor rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745906245     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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