Two crises: inflationary inertia and credibility

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 448, 1998, Pages 680-702

  Edwards, Sebastian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY CRISIS; EXCHANGE RATES; INFLATION RATES; MONETARY SYSTEM;

CHILE; MEXICO;

EID: 0031753181     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00309     Document Type: Article

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