Liberalization, Growth, and Financial Crises: Lessons from Mexico and the Developing World

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-112

  Tornell, Aaron ^a   Westermann, Frank ^b   Martínez, Lorenza ^c   Kehoe, Timothy J ^c   Werner, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c Banco de México ^*

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EID: 1642412082     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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