On the real effects of inflation in open economies: Theory and empirics

Empirical Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-673

  Mallick, Sushanta K ^a   Mohsin, Mohammed ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current account; Durable goods; Impulse responses; Inflation and productivity shocks; Investment

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFLATION; INVESTMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

CANADA; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249262980     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0328-0     Document Type: Article

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