Inflation targeting, transparency and interest rate volatility: Ditching "monetary mystique" in the U.K.

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-366

  Chadha, Jagjit S ^a   Nolan, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035638719     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(01)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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