Global factors and emerging market spreads

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 533, 2008, Pages 1917-1936

  González Rozada, Martín ^a   Yeyati, Eduardo Levy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 54049123755     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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