Inflation targeting: What have we learned?

International Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-233

  Walsh, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 69849095148     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2009.01236.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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