Central banking as a political principal-agent problem

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 378-393

  Fratianni, Michele ^a   Von Hagen, Jürgen ^a   Waller, Christopher ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031484728     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1997.tb01917.x     Document Type: Article

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