Currency mismatch, systemic risk and growth in emerging Europe

Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 64, 2010, Pages 597-658

  Ranciere, Romain ^a   Tornell, Aaron ^a   Vamvakidis, Athanasios ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CURRENCY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INTEREST RATE;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650428366     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2010.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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