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Volume 56, Number 2, 2009 Last updated: June 2009 |
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| Contents |
The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach
Bulent Unel, and Harm Zebregs
Central Bank Autonomy: Lessons from Global Trends
Marco Arnone, Bernard J Laurens, Jean-François Segalotto, and Martin Sommer
Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms-of-Trade Indices Misrepresent Price Indices?
Mick Silver
Why Has the Grass Been Greener on One Side of Hispaniola? A Comparative Growth Analysis of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Laura Jaramillo, and Cemile Sancak
Special Section: Global Reach? Perspectives on U.S. International Spillovers
Introduction
John Lipsky
Foreign Entanglements: Estimating the Source and Size of Spillovers Across Industrial Countries
Tamim Bayoumi and Andrew Swiston
Yen Carry Trade and the Subprime Crisis
Masazumi Hattori and Hyun Song Shin
Rhyme or Reason: What Explains the Easy Financing of the U.S. Current Account Deficit?
Ravi Balakrishnan, Tamim Bayoumi, and Volodymyr Tulin