Currency crisis transmission through international trade
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☆ The first draft of this paper was written when Jamal dent at University of California, Berkeley. The author wo mous referees for useful comments; Barry Eichengreen, Rose for helpful discussions; and the UC Berkeley Irma ing. Ammar Yasser Safa provided inspiration. The finding sions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the a represent the views of the International Bank for Reco World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of World Bank or the governments they represent. E-mail addresses: [email protected], Jamal.Hai [email protected].
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تاریخ انتشار 2012