Economists, government, and economic policymaking in Israel: From "Crawling peg" to "Cold Turkey"

History of Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 292-313

  Plessner, Yakir ^a   Young, Warren ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33644644750     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-37-Suppl_1-292     Document Type: Article

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