Welfare-maximizing monetary policy under parameter uncertainty

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-143

  Edge, Rochelle M ^a   Laubach, Thomas ^b   Williams, John C ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 74349125266     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1136     Document Type: Article

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