Inflation targeting matters: Evidence from OECD economies' sacrifice ratios

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-243

  Gonçalves, Carlos Eduardo S ^a   Carvalho, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IBMEC Business School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflation targeting; Sacrifice ratio; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849111010     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00195.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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