Inflation control around the world: Why are some countries more successful than others?

Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-143

  Pétursson, Thórarinn G ^a  

^a REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

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EID: 85010441000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779770.007     Document Type: Chapter

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