A note on the optimal level of monetary aggregation in the United Kingdom

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-131

  Elger, C Thomas ^a   Jones, Barry E ^b   Edgerton, David L ^a   Binner, Jane M ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary aggregation; Nonparametric tests; Weak separability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920497909     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136510050706035X     Document Type: Article

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