Central banks and seigniorage: A study of three economies in transition

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3-5, 1996, Pages 629-643

  Hochreiter, Eduard ^a   Rovelli, Riccardo ^b,d   Winckler, Georg ^c  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central bank independence; Economies in transition; Seigniorage

Indexed keywords

BANK SEIGNIORAGE; CENTRAL BANK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPBULIC; HUNGARY;

EID: 0030480341     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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