Does the time-consistency problem explain the behavior of inflation in the United States?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-291

  Ireland, Peter N ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; Monetary policy; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033211668     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(99)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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