Does the Gap Model Work in Asia? /

There is considerable evidence from industrial countries that the output gap is an important determinant of inflation. We examine whether the gap model also works in developing, newly industrializing, and industrial Asian economies. Our output gaps are based on a new nonparametric estimation procedu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDermott, C.
Other Authors: Coe, David
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/069
Online Access:Full text available on IMF