Robustness and macroeconomic policy

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-24

  Barlevy, Gadi ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Attenuation principle; Robust control; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960596051     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-061109-080355     Document Type: Review

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