Demand for money in transition: Evidence from China's disinflation

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-47

  Mehrotra, Aaron N ^a  

^a Inst for Economies in Transition   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Deflation; Disinflation; Money demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349102516     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11294-007-9129-4     Document Type: Article

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