What starts inflation: Evidence from the OECD countries

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-349

  Boschen, John F ^a   Weise, Charles L ^b  

^a William and Mary   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038128520     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2003.0017     Document Type: Review

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