Econometric policy evaluation and inverse control

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1737-1764

  Salemi, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; New Keynesian model; Optimal monetary policy; Policy evaluation; Policy regime; Reaction function; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750541901     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0092     Document Type: Article

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