Revealing the preferences of the US federal reserve

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-473

  Ilbas, Pelin ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 84865574087     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1199     Document Type: Article

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