Neoliberal reforms, currency pegs and crisis in Mexico and Argentina
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Policy and Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1449-4035,1839-3373
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2008.07.004