The political economy of nominal macroeconomic pathologies

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-453

  Satyanath, Shanker ^a   Subramanian, Arvind ^a  

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EID: 34548105459     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450019     Document Type: Article

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