TY - JOUR AU - Razin,Assaf TI - Globalization and Disinflation: A Note JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 10954 PY - 2004 Y2 - December 2004 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10954 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10954.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Assaf Razin Department of Economics Cornell University Uris 422 Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel: 607/255-9625 Fax: 607/255-2818 E-Mail: ar256@cornell.edu AB - 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. ER -