The great financial crisis in Finland and Sweden: The dynamics of boom, bust and recovery, 1985-2000

The Great Financial Crisis in Finland and Sweden: The Nordic Experience of Financial Liberalization

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-70

  Jonung, Lars ^a   Kiander, Jaakko ^b   Vartia, Pentti ^c  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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