Does political instability lead to higher inflation? A panel data analysis

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1379-1389

  Aisen, Ari ^a   Veiga, Francisco José ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inflation; Institutions; Political instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747059899     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0064     Document Type: Article

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