Financial reform: What shakes it? What shapes it?

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-88

  Abiad, Abdul ^a   Mody, Ashoka ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 20444403435     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828053828699     Document Type: Review

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