Time-varying U.S. inflation dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips curve

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-326

  Lansing, Kevin J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation expectations; Phillips curve; Time varying persistence and volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449108878     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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