Accountability and independent central banks: Europeans and distrust of the European Central Bank

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1261-1281

  Kaltenthaler, Karl ^a   Anderson, Christopher J ^b   Miller, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956250933     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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