Data revisions and the identification of monetary policy shocks

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1135-1160

  Croushore, Dean ^a   Evans, Charles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data revisions; Identification; Monetary policy shocks; Real time data; VARs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747776120     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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