Economic transparency and effectiveness of monetary policy

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 497-514

  De Mendonça, Helder Ferreira ^a,b   Filho, José Simo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Generation and dissemination of information; Inflation; Interest rates; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148932137     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580710830961     Document Type: Article

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