Does central bank independence smooth the political business cycle in inflation? Some OECD evidence

Manchester School

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-395

  Hadri, Kaddour ^a   Lockwood, Ben ^a   Maloney, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012782054     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00113     Document Type: Article

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