The Time-Varying NAIRU and its Implications for Economic Policy

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-32

  Gordon, Robert J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002831095     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.1.11     Document Type: Article

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