Political business cycles and Central Bank indepence

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 486, 2003, Pages

  Maloney, John ^a   Pickering, Andrew C ^b   Hadri, Kaddour ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; CENTRAL BANK; INDEPENDENCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE;

EID: 0037354031     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00115     Document Type: Article

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