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Unravelling the Secrets of Inflation in the Euro Area – A Frequency Decomposition Approach

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|Aug 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
Language: English
Page range: 133 - 162
Submitted on: Jan 21, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2020
Published on: Aug 20, 2020
Published by: University of Szczecin
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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