Inflationary expectations and rationality revisited

Economics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-338

  Grant, Alan P ^a   Thomas, Lloyd B ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C53; Cointegration; E37; Inflation expectations; Survey rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033469725     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00244-4     Document Type: Article

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