Sources of Debt Accumulation in a Small Open Economy /

This paper analyzes the borrowing behavior of a small open economy of a developing country that relies heavily on imports for its capital formation and faces an upward-sloping supply function of foreign loans. Decision makers face uncertainty about the longevity of external shocks. That uncertainty...

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Glavni avtor: Senhadji, Abdelhak
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/146
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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