Should central banks care about regional imbalances?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-260

  Røisland, Øistein ^a  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; FINANCIAL MARKET; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 20444474575     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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