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		| Darius  Kulikauskas | 
	
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		| ''Nonlinear Taylor rule for the European Central Bank'' | 
	
		| ( 2014, Vol. 34 No.3 ) | 
	
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		| In this paper I add to the evidence on possible nonlinearities in the conduct of ECB monetary policy. For this purpose a nonlinear Taylor rule (threshold regression) was estimated and compared to a linear benchmark model. The estimation was carried out with output gap data computed from quarterly GDP time series. The results show that a nonlinear Taylor rule fits the data better than a linear one. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Taylor rule,  monetary policy,  threshold,  European Central Bank,  ECB,  nonlinear | 
	
		| JEL: E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Aug 20 2014 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Aug 20 2014 | 
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