Central bank independence and sacrifice ratios

Open Economies Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-18

  Fischer, Andreas M ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central bank independence; Sacrifice ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012913920     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01886126     Document Type: Article

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