Chapter 23 Issues in the design of monetary policy rules

Handbook of Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue PART C, 1999, Pages 1483-1530

  McCallum, Bennett T ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956767349     PISSN: 15740048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0048(99)10036-3     Document Type: Review

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