Does inflation increase after a monetary policy tightening? Answers based on an estimated DSGE model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 906-937

  Rabanal, Pau ^a  

^a La Caixa ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; New keynesian models; Price puzzle; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846516252     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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