The reform of October 1979: How it happened and why

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages 187-235

  Lindsey, David E ^a   Orphanides, Athanasios ^a,b,c   Rasche, Robert H ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Centre for Economic Policy Research

^c Center for Financial Studies   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 27144539957     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.87.187-236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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