Debt overhang or debt irrelevance

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Cordella, Tito ^a   Ricci, Luca Antonio ^b   Ruiz Arranz, Marta ^b  

^a Brazil Office of the World Bank   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 77956995095     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/imfsp.2009.20     Document Type: Article

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