Inflation targeting in emerging market economies

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 366-400

  Fraga, Arminio ^a   Goldfajn, Ilan ^b   Minella, André ^c  

^a Gavea Investimentos   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

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EID: 21244446985     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.18.3585264     Document Type: Article

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