Central-bank credibility: Why do we care? How do we build it?

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1421-1431

  Blinder, Alan S ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0001587259     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1421     Document Type: Article

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