The history of the Phillips curve: Consensus and bifurcation

Economica

Volumn 78, Issue 309, 2011, Pages 10-50

  Gordon, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BIFURCATION; ECONOMETRICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFLATION; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650064698     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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