Monetary stabilisation policy in a monetary union: Some simple analytics

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-215

  Nolan, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; MONETARY UNION;

EID: 0042926563     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00228     Document Type: Article

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