Institutions and prospects for a currency board in Russia: Perspectives on a deepening crisis

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Boone, Peter ^a   Breach, Alasdair ^b   Johnson, Simon ^c  

^a Russ Europ Ctr for Economic Plcy   (Russian Federation)

^b MIT ^*

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial system; Institutional framework; Investment; Russian Federation

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INVESTMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032462037     PISSN: 10889388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889388.1998.10641083     Document Type: Article

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