The inflation forecast and the loss function

Central Banking, Monetary Theory and Practice: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 135-152

  Svensson, Lars E O ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896161052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781950777.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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