Decomposing the declining volatility of long-term inflation expectations

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 981-999

  Clark, Todd E ^a   Davig, Troy ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian econometrics; Stochastic volatility; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955963496     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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