Optimal state-dependent rules, credibility, and inflation inertia

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1317-1336

  Almeida, Heitor ^a   Bonomo, Marco ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disinflation coasts; Optimal pricing rules; Stabilization plans; State dependent rules; Sticky inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036795338     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(02)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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