Central bank design

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 17-44

  Reis, Ricardo ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.4.17     Document Type: Article

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