Monetary Policy Rules for Transition Economies: An Empirical Analysis

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-728

  Ghatak, Subrata ^a   Moore, Tomoe ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; HUNGARY; POLAND; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 80155122620     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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