The local effects of monetary policy

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Francis, Neville ^a   Owyang, Michael T ^b   Sekhposyan, Tatevik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian structural vector auto regression; Markov Chain Monte Carlo Model Composition; Monetary policy channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878190953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1935-1690.2371     Document Type: Article

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