A political model of monetary policy with application to the real Fed funds rate

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 409-428

  Caporale, Tony ^a   Grier, Kevin B ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 11544356157     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467395     Document Type: Article

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