Simple and robust rules for monetary policy

Handbook of Monetary Economics

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2010, Pages 829-859

  Taylor, John B ^a   Williams, John C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Monetary Policy; Monetary Theory; New Monetarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650241153     PISSN: 15734498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53454-5.00003-7     Document Type: Book

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