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A Decade of Inflation Targeting in the World: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?

In: Inflation Targeting: Desing, Performance, Challenges

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  • Frederic Mishkin

    (National Bureau of Economic Research)

  • Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

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  • Frederic Mishkin & Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, 2002. "A Decade of Inflation Targeting in the World: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?," Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, in: Norman Loayza & Raimundo Soto & Norman Loayza (Series Editor) & Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Series Editor) (ed.),Inflation Targeting: Desing, Performance, Challenges, edition 1, volume 5, chapter 4, pages 171-220, Central Bank of Chile.
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