How transparent are central banks?

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Eijffinger, Sylvester C W ^a,b,c,d   Geraats, Petra M ^e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary policy; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144438376     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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