How should subnational government borrowing be regulated? Some cross-country empirical evidence

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-452

  Plekhanov, Alexander ^a   Singh, Raju ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b IMF

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EID: 34247264331     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
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