Deficits, inflation and central banks' independence: Evidence from developing nations

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 505-509

  Brown, K H ^a   Yousefi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; CENTRAL BANK; INFLATION;

EID: 0030423356     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048596356122     Document Type: Article

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