Public sector layoffs, credibility and the dynamics of inflation in a simple macromodel

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-140

  Buffle, Edward F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION RATE; LABOUR MARKET; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031698038     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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