Monetary policy under uncertainty in an estimated model with labor market frictions

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 983-1006

  Sala, Luca ^a   Söderström, Ulf ^a   Trigari, Antonella ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Labor market search; Monetary policy; Natural rate uncertainty; Parameter uncertainty; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049085686     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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