Inflation targeting as a stabilisation tool: Its design and performance in the Czech Republic

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 220-242

  Kotlán, Viktor ^a   Navrátil, David ^b  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Inflation targeting; Measuring performance of monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442480557     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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