Epistemic communities and the diffusion of ideas: Central Bank reform in the United Kingdom

West European Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-123

  King, Michael R ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; ECONOMIC POLICY; INTEREST RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12544258490     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0140238042000297107     Document Type: Article

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