New keynesian models: Not yet useful for policy analysis

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 242-266

  Chari, V V ^a,b   Kehoe, Patrick J ^a,b   McGrattan, Ellen R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85017125338     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.1.242     Document Type: Article

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