Inflation targeting, transparency and inflation forecasts: Evidence from individual forecasters

Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 337-367

  Crowe, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010433571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779770.014     Document Type: Chapter

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