Do monetary handcuffs restrain Leviathan? Fiscal policy in extreme exchange rate regimes

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 47, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2000, Pages 40-61

  Fatás, Antonio ^b   Rose, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012250236     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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