Do improvements in government quality necessarily reduce the incidence of costly sudden stops?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-373

  Honig, Adam ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital flows; Institutions; Sudden stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149087706     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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