'Chimerica' and the global asset market boom

International Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-239

  Ferguson, Niall ^a   Schularick, Moritz ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 37749029770     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: 14682362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2362.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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