Inflation uncertainty, output growth uncertainty and macroeconomic performance

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-343

  Fountas, Stilianos ^a   Karanasos, Menelaos ^b   Kim, Jinki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Gangwon Development Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 33745321050     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Review

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