| Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects Contributor(s): Cobham, David (Editor), Eitrheim, Øyvind (Editor), Gerlach, Stefan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511779771 ISBN-13: 9780511779770 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.53 |
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| Publisher Description: There is now a remarkably strong consensus among academics and professional economists that central banks should adopt explicit inflation targets and that all key monetary policy decisions, especially those concerning interest rates, should be made with a view to ensuring that these targets are achieved. This book provides a comprehensive review of the experience of inflation targeting since its introduction in New Zealand in 1989 and looks in detail at what we can learn from the past twenty years and what challenges we may face in the future. Written by a distinguished team of academics and professional economists from central banks around the world, the book covers a wide range of issues including many that have arisen as a result of the recent financial crisis. It should be read by anyone concerned with better understanding inflation targeting and its past, present and future role within monetary policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cobham, David: - David Cobham is Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University.Gerlach, Stefan: - Stefan Gerlach is Professor of Monetary Economics at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, University of Frankfurt.Qvigstad, Jan F.: - Jan F. Qvigstad is Deputy Governor of Norges Bank.Eitrheim, Oyvind: - Oyvind Eitrheim is Director of the Research Department at Norges Bank. |