Volatility and the debt-intolerance paradox

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-218

  Catão, Luis ^a   Kapur, Sandeep ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746331705     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
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