Is inflation targeting compatible with Post Keynesian economics?

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 653-671

  Setterfield, Mark ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflation targeting; New consensus; Post Keynesian economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746335946     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477280407     Document Type: Article

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