Why Money Growth Determines Inflation in the Long Run: Answering the Woodford Critique

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1791-1814

  Nelson, Edward ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; Interest rates; Money growth; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049101495     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00183.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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