The ends of three small inflations: Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-78

  Debelle, Guy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK INDEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFLATIONARY EXPERIENCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030459222     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3551749     Document Type: Article

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