Has U.S. monetary policy changed? Evidence from drifting coefficients and real-time data

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1149-1173

  Boivin, Jean ^a  

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

Author keywords

Forward looking Taylor rule; Greenbook; Parameter instability; Real time data; Time varying parameter model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747053961     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0065     Document Type: Review

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