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Do policymakers' distributional desires lead to an inflationary bias?

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  • Swank, Otto H.

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  • Lippi, Francesco & Swank, Otto H., 1996. "Do policymakers' distributional desires lead to an inflationary bias?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 109-116, February.
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