Linking financial soundness and independence of central banks-Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and CIS countries

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-255

  Schobert, Franziska ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central bank financial soundness; Central bank independence; Quasi fiscal operations; Seigniorage; Sterilized interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646380328     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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