Strong goal independence and inflation targets

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-105

  Baltensperger, Ernst ^a   Fischer, Andreas M ^a,b,c   Jordan, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E50; E52; E58; Goal independence; Inflation targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846899275     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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