Moderate Inflation in Poland : A Real Story /

Why is moving from moderate to low inflation almost always slow or costly? This paper answers this question, based on the Polish experience. First, reflecting the transition to a market economy, Polish inflation has been marked by significant changes in relative prices. Second, as wage and price ind...

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Päätekijä: Pujol, Thierry
Muut tekijät: Griffiths, Mark
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/057
Linkit:Full text available on IMF
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