Modern hyper- and high inflations

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 837-880

  Fischer, Stanley ^a   Sahay, Ratna ^a   Végh, Carlos A ^a  

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DOI: 10.1257/jel.40.3.837     Document Type: Article

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