Simple versus optimal rules as guides to policy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1372-1396

  Brock, William A ^a   Durlauf, Steven N ^a   Nason, James M ^b   Rondina, Giacomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design limits; Model uncertainty; Monetary policy rules; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547686594     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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