Natural rate doubts

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 797-825

  Beyer, Andreas ^a   Farmer, Roger E A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Natural rate; Phillips curve; Real interest rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846475978     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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