Chipping away at public debt: Sources of failure and keys to success in fiscal adjustment

Chipping Away at Public Debt: Sources of Failure and Keys to Success in Fiscal Adjustment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-277

  Mauro, Paolo ^a  

^a Fiscal Affairs Department   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781119202523     Document Type: Book

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