Democracy and de facto exchange rate regimes

Economics and Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-194

  Bearce, David H ^a   Hallerberg, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DEMOCRACY; EXCHANGE RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 79959251472     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2011.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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