Erler, Alexander; Drescher, Christian; Križanac, Damir - In: Journal of Economics and Finance 37 (2013) 1, pp. 136-149
The article examines if US monetary policy implicitly responds to asset price booms. Using real-time data and a GMM framework we estimate a Taylor-type rule with an asset variable that captures phases of booms and busts in the real estate market. We identify quasi real-time booms and busts using...