Central bank misperceptions and the role of money in interest-rate rules

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Beck, Guenter W ^a   Wieland, Volker ^a,b,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c SCID ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Monetary policy under uncertainty; Money; Output gap uncertainty; Quantity theory; Taylor rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049088419     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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