Does inflation targeting matter? A reassessment

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2231-2244

  Willard, Luke Byrne ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Inflation; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFLATION; OECD;

EID: 80051743331     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.564136     Document Type: Article

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