Assessing central bank independence in developing countries: do actions speak louder than words?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 512-529

  Fry, Maxwell J ^a,b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING SYSTEM; BUDGET DEFICIT; CENTRAL BANK; INDEPENDENCE; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 0031693353     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028659     Document Type: Article

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