Short- and long-run price level uncertainty under different monetary policy regimes: An international comparison

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-212

  Chadha, Jagjit S ^a   Sarno, Lucio ^b  

^a Centre for Economic Policy Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036662040     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00018     Document Type: Article

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