Politicians and financial supervision unification outside the central bank: Why do they do it?

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-146

  Masciandaro, Donato ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central banks; Financial supervision; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049094159     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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