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This article is about the issue of what role might usefully be played by the commitment of the monetary authorities to a rule or book of rules in their monetary policy.
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Phelps, S.E. (1991). Precommitment to Rules in Monetary Policy. In: Belongia, M.T. (eds) Monetary Policy on the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Reserve System. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3888-8_8
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