Has monetary policy been so bad that it is better to get rid of it? The case of Mexico

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 404-433

  del Negro, Marco ^a   Obiols Homs, Francesc ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84988586714     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.252542     Document Type: Article

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