Money growth, output gaps and inflation at low and high frequency: Spectral estimates for Switzerland

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-435

  Assenmacher Wesche, Katrin ^a   Gerlach, Stefan ^b  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^b BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frequency domain; Phillips curve; Quantity theory; Spectral regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849026713     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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