Hybrid inflation-price-level targeting in an economy with output persistence

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 641-653

  Kobayashi, Teruyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FISCAL POLICY; INFLATION; TARGETING;

EID: 8644230858     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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