Shocks, structures or monetary policies? The Euro Area and US after 2001

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2476-2506

  Christiano, Lawrence ^a   Motto, Roberto ^b   Rostagno, Massimo ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

DSGE model; Policy activism; Policy inertia; Shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549104831     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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