Varying monetary policy regimes: A vector autoregressive investigation

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 407-427

  Hanson, Michael S ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monetary policy reaction function; Parameter instability; Structural VAR models; Taylor rule; Volcker disinflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748076427     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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