Monetary policy and uncertainty about the natural unemployment rate: Barnyard conservatism versus experimental activism

Advances in Macroeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Wieland, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation targeting; Monetary policy; Natural unemployment rate; Optimal learning; Parameter uncertainty; Phillips curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750179577     PISSN: 15346013     EISSN: 15346013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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