What measure of inflation should a central bank target?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1058-1086

  Mankiw, N Gregory ^a   Reis, Ricardo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242313944     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/154247603770383398     Document Type: Article

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