@techreport{NBERw10954, title = "Globalization and Disinflation: A Note", author = "Assaf Razin", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "10954", year = "2004", month = "December", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w10954", abstract = {The note analyzes how globalization forces induce monetary authorities, guided in their policies by the welfare criterion of a representative household, to put greater emphasis on reducing the inflation rate than on narrowing the output gaps.}, }