Optimal monetary policy and the role of hybrid inflation-price-level targets

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2119-2125

  Kobayashi, Teruyoshi ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 27744479151     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500119042     Document Type: Article

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