Does the Fed Respond to Oil Price Shocks?

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 555, 2011, Pages 1047-1072

  Kilian, Lutz ^a   Lewis, Logan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MONETARY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053050589     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02437.x     Document Type: Article

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