Assessing early warning systems: How have they worked in practice?

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 462-502

  Berg, Andrew ^a   Borensztein, Eduardo ^a,b   Pattillo, Catherine ^a  

^a IMF

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

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EID: 30844467304     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
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