Legal Central Bank Independence and Inflation in Latin America During the 1990s /

This paper reviews central banks' legal reform in Latin America during the 1990s and discusses the status of central bank independence in the region. Based on this information, it builds a simplified index of central bank independence which, in addition to the commonly used criteria of politica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacome, Luis
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/212
Online Access:Full text available on IMF