Stabilization and Growth in Transition Economies: The Early Experience

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 45-66

  Fischer, Stanley ^a,b,c   Sahay, Ratna ^a   Végh, Carlos A ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002766459     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.10.2.45     Document Type: Article

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