Government bonds in domestic and foreign currency: The role of institutional and macroeconomic factors

Review of International Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-413

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Klingebiel, Daniela ^b   Schmukler, Sergio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CURRENCY MARKET; DEBT; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 34247855053     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2007.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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