The Political Economy of Seigniorage /

While most economists agree that seigniorage is one way governments finance deficits, there is less agreement about the political, institutional, and economic reasons for relying on it. This paper investigates the main determinants of seigniorage using panel data on about 100 countries, for the peri...

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Auteur principal: Aisen, Ari
Autres auteurs: Veiga, Francisco Jose
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/175
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Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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