Is Hungary ready for inflation targeting?

Economic Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-333

  Siklos, Pierre L ^a   Ábel, István ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank accountability and transparency; Exchange rate targeting; Inflation targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036909624     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-3625(02)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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