Financial crises, credit booms, and external imbalances: 140 years of lessons

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-378

  Jordà, Òscar ^a   Schularick, Moritz ^a   Taylor, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960244095     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2011.8     Document Type: Article

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