Is inflation targeting a good remedy to control inflation?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-191

  De Mendonça, Helder Ferreira ^a   De Guimarães e Souza, Gustavo José ^b,c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Banco do Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Credibility; Inflation targeting; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 84859974477     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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