Crisis costs and debtor discipline: The efficacy of public policy in sovereign debt crises

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-262

  Gai, Prasanna ^a   Hayes, Simon ^b   Shin, Hyun Song ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis management; International financial architecture

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEBT; FISCAL POLICY; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 1342330529     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(03)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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