Age structure and inflation - A Wicksellian interpretation of the OECD data

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-37

  Lindh, Thomas ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age effects; Cumulative process; E31; Inflation; J10; O57

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002043026     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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