The price stability under inflation targeting regime: An analysis with a new intermediate approach

Economic Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Ftiti, Zied ^a,b   Hichri, Walid ^c,d,e  

^a IPAG Lab Paris ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary spectral analysis; Inflation stability; Inflation targeting; Intermediate approach; Pre requisite; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891367728     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.11.033     Document Type: Article

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