Inflation persistence and optimal monetary policy in the euro area

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 587-614

  Benigno, Pierpaolo ^a,b   López Salido, J David ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEPR ^*  (United States)

^c BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Currency area; Inflation dynamic; Optimal monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744773456     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0038     Document Type: Article

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