The democratic deficit and inflation targeting

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-104

  du Plessis, S A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Constitutional economics; Democratic deficit; Goal dependence; Instrument independence; Monetary policy regime; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 23844543378     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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