Political influence on the central bank: International evidence

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 397-423

  Cukierman, Alex ^a,b   Webb, Steven B ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING SECTOR; CENTRAL BANK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFLATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

EID: 0029507729     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/9.3.397     Document Type: Article

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