Monetary policy regimes and economic performance. The historical record, 1979-2008

Handbook of Monetary Economics

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1159-1236

  Benati, Luca ^a   Goodhart, Charles ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Monetary Union; Financial Stability; Great Moderation; Inflation Target; Monetary Regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650246139     PISSN: 15734498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53454-5.00009-8     Document Type: Book

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