The openness-Inflation puzzle: Panel data evidence

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 169-181

  Al Nasser, Omar M ^a   Sachsida, Adolfo ^b   De Mendonça, Mário Jorge Cardoso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflation; Panel data; Trade openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650683689     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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