Optimal monetary policy in an economy with incomplete markets and idiosyncratic risk

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1245-1269

  Akyol, Ahmet ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friedman rule; Incomplete markets; Optimal inflation rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544367915     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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