Inflation dynamics, marginal cost, and the output gap: Evidence from three countries

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1019-1045

  Neiss, Katharine S ^a   Nelson, Edward ^b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Inflation dynamics; Marginal cost; New Keynsian Phillips curve; Output gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744440180     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0008     Document Type: Article

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