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TARGETS IN THE TAYLOR RULE: INFLATION, SPEED LIMIT, OR PRICE LEVEL?

  1. PAVEL KAPINOS1,
  2. MICHAEL S. HANSON2,†

Article first published online: 27 JUN 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00270.x

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Contemporary Economic Policy

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 176–190, January 2013

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KAPINOS, P. and HANSON, M. S. (2013), TARGETS IN THE TAYLOR RULE: INFLATION, SPEED LIMIT, OR PRICE LEVEL?. Contemporary Economic Policy, 31: 176–190. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00270.x

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  1. 1

    Kapinos: Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057. Phone (507) 222-7676, Fax (507) 222-4044, E-mail pkapinos@carleton.edu

  2. 2

    Hanson: Senior Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research, One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036. Phone (646) 855-6854, E-mail michael.s.hanson@baml.com

  1. †

    The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The authors would like to thank the participants of the 2009 Western Economic Association meetings and 2009 Midwestern Econometric Group meeting for feedback on the preliminary version of this paper and three anonymous referees and the editor for valuable suggestions that have improved the paper. All remaining errors are our own.

  1. †

    The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The authors would like to thank the participants of the 2009 Western Economic Association meetings and 2009 Midwestern Econometric Group meeting for feedback on the preliminary version of this paper and three anonymous referees and the editor for valuable suggestions that have improved the paper. All remaining errors are our own.

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  1. Issue published online: 17 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 27 JUN 2011

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