On the Need for an International Lender of Last Resort

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 85-104

  Fischer, Stanley ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 0002615169     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.4.85     Document Type: Review

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