Partisan monetary policies: Presidential influence through the power of appointment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 185-218

  Chappell, Henry W ^a   Havrilesky, Thomas M ^b   McGregor, Rob Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 21144473972     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118500     Document Type: Article

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