Models of Inflation and the Costs of Disinflation /

This paper focuses on the output costs of disinflation. A model of inflation with both forward and backward elements seems to characterize reality. Such an inflation model is estimated using data for industrial countries, and the output costs of a disinflation path are calculated, first analytically...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meredith, Guy
Other Authors: Chadha, Bankim, Masson, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/097
Online Access:Full text available on IMF