Monetary Policy Response to Oil Price Shocks

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-101

  Natal, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Divine coincidence; Oil shocks; Optimal monetary policy; Simple rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856398834     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2011.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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