Comparing the welfare costs and initial dynamics of alternative inflation stabilization policies

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-318

  Uribe, Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation stabilization; Nominal anchors; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INFLATION; STABILIZATION;

EID: 0033179952     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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