Robust monetary policy with imperfect knowledge

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1406-1435

  Orphanides, Athanasios ^a   Williams, John C ^b  

^a Central Bank of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Natural rate misperceptions; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547651289     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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