Central bank independence, inflation, and growth in transition economies

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-399

  Loungani, Prakash ^a   Sheets, Nathan ^a  

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EID: 0031536119     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953701     Document Type: Article

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