What triggers inflation in emerging market economies?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-164

  Domaç, Ilker ^a   Yücel, Eray M ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emerging market economies; Inflation starts; Price level stability; Probit analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746888649     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-005-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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