Disinflation Costs Under Inflation Targeting in Small Open Economy

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
328
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E31, E32, E52, F41
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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