Inflation and economic growth: A cross-country nonlinear analysis

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-614

  Pollin, Robert ^a   Zhu, Andong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Inflation; Monetary policy; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746324229     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477280404     Document Type: Review

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