Macro-modelling with many models

Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 398-418

  Bache, Ida Wolden ^a   Mitchell, James ^b   Ravazzolo, Francesco ^a   Vahey, Shaun P ^c  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 79952696724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779770.016     Document Type: Chapter

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