@techreport{NBERw0912, title = "Optimal Control of the Money Supply", author = "Robert B. Litterman", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "912", year = "1982", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w0912", abstract = {Using optimal control theory and a vector autoregressive representation of the relationship between money and interest rates, one can derive a feedback control procedure which defines the best possible tradeoff between interest rate volatility and money supply fluctuations and which could be used to reduce both from their current levels.}, }