Disinflation programs under policy uncertainty

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-373

  Lahiri, Amartya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Devaluation rates; Inflation stabilization; Policy uncertainty; Supply side effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; LABOR SUPPLY; POLICY MAKING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033998053     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00080-4     Document Type: Article

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