Is there any link between legal central bank independence and inflation? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
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E42 E58 Central bank independence Inflation Structural reform Latin America;JEL classification:
- E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
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