Does productivity growth lower inflation in Korea?

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2183-2190

  Kim, Sangho ^a,d   Lim, Hyunjoon ^b   Park, Donghyun ^c  

^a Honam University   (South Korea)

^b Export Import Bank of Korea   (South Korea)

^c ECONOMICS AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT   (Philippines)

^d RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granger causality; inflation; Korea; New Economy; productivity

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; INFLATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KOREA;

EID: 84859637359     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2012.657352     Document Type: Article

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