Obstacles to Disinflation : What is the Role of Fiscal Expectations? /

Is backward-looking behavior in pricing or imperfect credibility of stabilization efforts responsible for the failure of inflation rates to decline to targeted levels during many disinflation programs? This paper assesses the relative importance of these two factors during a number of disinflation a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gelos, R.
Other Authors: Celasun, Oya, Prati, Alessandro
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/111
Online Access:Full text available on IMF