In late-1980’s Yugoslavia, as the socialist regime disintegrated, the monetary authorities in Belgrade were inevitably closest to Serbian politicians such as Slobodan Milošević and to Serbian business interests. As a result, the Croats and Slovenes wanted out of the federation.
关于类似效应还有更近的例子：在1980年代末的南斯拉夫，随着整个社会主义统治分崩离析，贝尔格莱德的货币当局不可避免地偏袒斯洛博丹·米洛舍维奇这样的塞族政治家以及塞族的经济利益，导致克罗地亚族和斯洛文尼亚族希望脱离联邦。在前苏联，通货膨胀几乎变成了莫斯科官僚手中的玩物，因此也有更多偏远地区试图独立。