Fiscal leadership and central bank design

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 607-627

  Hallett, Andrew Hughes ^a   Weymark, Diana N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; FISCAL POLICY; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 34249084937     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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