Gatekeepers of Growth : : The International Political Economy of Central Banking in Developing Countries / / Sylvia Maxfield.

Central banks can shape economic growth, affect income distribution, influence a country's foreign relations, and determine the extent of its democracy. While there is considerable literature on the political economy of central banking in OECD countries, this is the first book-length study focu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1998]
©1998
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 21 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • One. Central Bank Independence: Why the Interest?
  • Two. The Political Sources of Central Bank Independence
  • Three. International Capital Flows and the Politics of Central Bank Independence
  • Four. Central Bank Independence in the 1990s
  • Five. The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Thailand
  • Six. The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Mexico
  • Seven. The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: South Korea
  • Eight. The Politics of Changing Central Bank Authority: Brazil
  • Nine. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index