The impact of imperfect credibility in a transition to price stability

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-66

  Nicolae, Anamaria ^a   Nolan, Charles ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imperfect credibility; Optimal speed of disinflation; Price stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644782837     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0022     Document Type: Article

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