Russia, sovereign default, reputation and access to capital markets

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-551

  Sinyagina Woodruff, Yulia ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEBT; SOVEREIGNTY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0038792286     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966813032000083984     Document Type: Article

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