Losing credibility: The stabilization blues

International Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-51

  Guidotti, Pablo E ^a   Végh, Carlos A ^a  

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EID: 0347867395     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00003     Document Type: Article

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