Credible currency: A constitutional perspective

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-83

  Selgin, George ^a   White, Lawrence H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Currency; Monetary constitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244400789     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-005-5853-z     Document Type: Article

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