Central bank behavior, the institutional framework, and policy regimes: Inflation versus noninflation targeting countries

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-343

  Siklos, Pierre L ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 3242679866     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byh024     Document Type: Review

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