The choice of inflation targeting—an empirical investigation
✍ Scribed by Yifan Hu
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-4804
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