Central bank independence: Only part of the inflation story

Economist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-61

  Heylen, Freddy ^c   van Poeck, André ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NONE

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EID: 0010792812     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01680260     Document Type: Article

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