Measuring central bank independence: A latent variables approach

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-340

  de Haan, Jakob ^a,b   Leertouwer, Erik ^a   Meijer, Erik ^a   Wansbeek, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; INDEPENDENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0042320564     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.5003005     Document Type: Article

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