Does inflation targeting make a difference in developing countries?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Lin, Shu ^a   Ye, Haichun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Inflation targeting; Propensity score matching; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXCHANGE RATE; FISCAL POLICY; INFLATION;

EID: 61349156164     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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