Monetary policy, judgment, and near-rational exuberance

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1163-1177

  James, Bullard ^a   Evans, George W ^b   Seppo, Honkapohja ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 76649122817     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.3.1163     Document Type: Article

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