Are hyperinflation paths learnable?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2725-2748

  Adam, Klaus ^a   Evans, George W ^b   Honkapohja, Seppo ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indeterminacy; Inflation; Seigniorage; Stability of equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744811027     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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