What makes the output-inflation trade-off change? the absence of accelerating deflation in Japan

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1117-1140

  De Veirman, Emmanuel ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endogenous pricing; Phillips curve; Time varying parameter models

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949094061     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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