Central banking by committee

International Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-168

  Sibert, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 33750040841     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2006.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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