Sovereign debt, government myopia, and the financial sector

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1526-1560

  Acharya, Viral V ^a   Rajan, Raghuram G ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84877897703     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht011     Document Type: Article

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