Are debt crises adequately defined?

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-337

  Pescatori, Andrea ^a   Sy, Amadou N R ^a  

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EID: 34447317520     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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