Reconsidering the natural rate hypothesis in a New Keynesian framework

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1344-1365

  Levin, Andrew ^a   Yun, Tack ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous contract duration; Indexation; Natural rate hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547676698     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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