The effect of authorita rian regime type on exchange rate policy

World Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 491-529

  Steinberg, David A ^a   Malhotra, Krishan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL ECONOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904207569     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887114000136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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