Estimating a monetary policy reaction function for the dominican republic

International Economic Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-577

  Sánchez Fung, José R ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; McCallum and Taylor rules; Monetary policy reaction function; Multiple exchange rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149096552     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730500382121     Document Type: Article

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