The Greek financial crisis: Growing imbalances and sovereign spreads

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-516

  Gibson, Heather D ^a   Hall, Stephen G ^b   Tavlas, George S ^a  

^a BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greek financial crisis; Sovereign spreads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857452633     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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