Taylor rules and interest rate smoothing in the Euro area

Manchester School

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Castelnuovo, Efrem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 33845994715     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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