Robbing the riches: Capital flight, institutions and debt

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1190-1213

  Cerra, Valerie ^a   Rishi, Meenakshi ^b   Saxena, Sweta C ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEBT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

RICHES;

EID: 53549087263     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802242453     Document Type: Article

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