A fistful of dollars: Lobbying and the financial crisis

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-230

  Igan, Deniz ^a   Mishra, Prachi ^a   Tressel, Thierry ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 84865584527     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/663992     Document Type: Article

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