The output-inflation tradeoff and central bank reform: evidence from New Zealand

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 448, 1998, Pages 703-725

  Hutchison, M M ^a   Walsh, C E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031755127     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00310     Document Type: Article

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