Political pressure on central banks: The case of the Czech National Bank

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 18-39

  Geršl, Adam ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Monetary policy; Political economy; Pressure groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644786069     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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