Chronicle of a debt foretold: Mexico's FOBAPROA debacle and lessons for the US financial crisis

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Biles, James J ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Financial crisis; Mexico; United States

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LIABILITY; STATE ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953564685     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000305     Document Type: Article

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