Inflation targeting credibility and reputation: The consequences for the interest rate

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1228-1238

  de Mendonça, Helder Ferreira ^a   de Guimarães e Souza, Gustavo José ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basic interest rate; Credibility; Inflation targeting; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049084534     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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