Lagged learning and the response to equilibrium shock: The global financial crisis and IMF surveillance

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-141

  Moschella, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

crisis; IMF; learning; sequencing; surveillance

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; IMF; LEARNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960255978     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X11000043     Document Type: Article

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