Monetary policy and welfare in a small open economy

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-22

  De Paoli, Bianca ^a,b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loss function; Optimal monetary policy; Small open economy; Terms of trade externality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; MONOPOLY; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; TERMS OF TRADE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 57849109359     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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