Inflation targets as a stabilization device

Manchester School

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 619-650

  Mahadeva, Lavan ^a   Sterne, Gabriel ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040074460     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00303     Document Type: Article

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