On the welfare cost of economic fluctuations in developing countries

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 677-698

  Pallage, Stéphane ^b   Robe, Michel A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038707716     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-2-00085     Document Type: Review

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