Measuring the UK short-run NAIRU

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-49

  Batini, Nicoletta ^a   Greenslade, Jennifer V ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E31; E50; JEL classification: E24

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744471903     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi037     Document Type: Article

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