Inflation Uncertainty and Relative Price Variability in WAEMU Countries /

Using a consistent dataset and methodology for all eight member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) from 1994 to 2009, this paper provides evidence of the two major channels for real effects of inflation: inflation uncertainty and relative price variability. In line wit...

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Glavni avtor: Gerling, Kerstin
Drugi avtorji: Fernandez Valdovinos, Carlos
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/059
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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