Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Strategies: Evidence from Six Industrialized Countries

Open Economies Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-38

  Groeneveld, Johannes M ^a   Koedijk, Kees G ^b   Kool, Clemens J M ^b  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Credibility; Inflation targeting; Monetary policy; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

INFLATION TARGETING; INTEREST RATES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MONETARY POLICY;

CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; UK;

EID: 0031826967     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008223206085     Document Type: Article

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