Do fluctuations in U.S. inflation rates reflect infrequent large shocks or frequent small shocks?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 765-771

  Bidarkota, Prasad V ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242474604     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303322369894     Document Type: Article

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