Democracy, credibility, and sound economics: The Israeli hyperinflation

Policy Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-111

  Reuveny, Rafael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; HYPERINFLATION; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031424192     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004210401657     Document Type: Article

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