Resuscitating the ad hoc loss function for monetary policy analysis
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- Juan Paez-Farrell, 2012. "Resuscitating the ad hoc loss function for monetary policy analysis," Discussion Paper Series 2012_06, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, revised Jun 2012.
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Optimal monetary policy; Commitment; Loss function; Robustness;All these keywords.
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- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
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