Central bank independence and growth: a sensitivity analysis

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作者
Akhand, HA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 1998年 / 31卷 / 02期
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10.2307/136325
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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In this paper the Levine-Renelt robustness test is employed to examine the robustness of the empirical relationship between growth and various proxies for central bank independence. Experiments are made with a wide variety of the most comprehensive systematic measures of central bank independence currently available. The Levine-Renelt test implies that growth is not robustly correlated with central bank independence..
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