Towards credibility from inflation targeting: The Brazilian experience

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2599-2615

  de Mendonça, Helder ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36048972556     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600707324     Document Type: Article

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