Latin America in the rearview mirror

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-107

  Cole, Harold L ^a,b   Ohanian, Lee E ^a,b,c   Riascos, Alvaro ^d   Schmitz Jr , James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^d BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144261599     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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