Inflation Targeting, Sudden Stops and the Cost of Fear of Floating

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
276
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E3, E58, F3, F41, F42, F47
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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