Central banking in a democratic society

Economist

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-226

  Stiglitz, Joseph ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank independence; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000858114     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003272907007     Document Type: Article

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