Hysteresis and the Nairu in the Euro area

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-429

  Logeay, Camille ^a   Tober, Silke ^a  

^a Institut fur Makrookonomie und Konjunkturforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Kalman Filter; Nairu; Phillips curve; Superneutrality

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; KALMAN FILTER; MONETARY POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33746971898     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2006.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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