Financial regulation, monetary policy, and inflation in the industrialized world

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 663-680

  Copelovitch, Mark S ^a   Singer, David Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 46849108764     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608080687     Document Type: Article

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