When is stabilization expansionary? Evidence from high inflation

Economic Policy

Volumn , Issue 22, 1996, Pages 67-107

  Easterly, William ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION CONTROL; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STABILISATION;

EID: 0030453915     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1344522     Document Type: Article

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