Debt overhang and economic growth-the Asian and the Latin American experiences

Economic Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Sen, Swapan ^a   Kasibhatla, Krishna M ^b   Stewart, David B ^a  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian and Latin American debt; Debt overhang hypothesis; Dynamic panel data; System and dynamic GMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847016547     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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