Argentina's currency board collapse: Weak policy or bad luck?

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 699-714

  Bleaney, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; FISCAL POLICY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442683901     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0378-5920.2004.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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