STRAUMANN, TOBIAS; WOITEK, ULRICH - In: European Review of Economic History 13 (2009) 02, pp. 251-282
The article re-examines Sweden's price-level targeting during the 1930s which is regarded as a precursor of today's inflation targeting. According to conventional wisdom, the Riksbank was the first central bank to adopt price-level targeting, although in practice giving priority to exchange-rate...