Empirical measures of inflation uncertainty: A cautionary note

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-341

  Batchelor, Roy ^a   Dua, Pami ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0012966095     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328704     Document Type: Article

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