Dual long memory in inflation dynamics across countries of the Euro Area and the link between inflation uncertainty and macroeconomic performance

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 121-158

  Conrad, Christian ^a   Karanasos, Menelaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29144461952     PISSN: 15583708     EISSN: 10811826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1147     Document Type: Article

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