Disinflation and the recession-now-versus-recession-later hypothesis: evidence from uruguay

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-394

  Hoffmaister, Alexander W ^a   Végh, Carlos A ^a  

^a Research Department

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EID: 33745268116     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/3867401     Document Type: Article

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