Unemployment and inflation regimes

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 33-84

  Warne, Anders ^a   Vredin, Anders ^a   Riksbank, Sveriges ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b Severiges Riksbank ^*

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EID: 33646743538     PISSN: 15583708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1280     Document Type: Review

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