Perhaps the 1970s FOMC did what it said it did

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 842-855

  Kozicki, Sharon ^a   Tinsley, P A ^b,c  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; FOMC M1 targets; The Great Inflation; Time varying policy responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349163601     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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